of Inherit the Wind The movie Inherit the Wind gave an ample‚ in depth view as to what the Scopes Trial was all about. The film uses information about the trial and the law it was about‚ but most times misconstrues that information. The film does give a great perspective as to what the actual trial was all about‚ but it is not very factual. The movie portrays some in a positive way and others in a negative way‚ but overall the movie Inherit the Wind get its point across about the Scopes Trial while
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Evolutionists in Inherit the Wind Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee‚ written in 1955‚ is an exceptional play that depicts the events of the Scopes Trial in 1925. The Scopes Trial or “Monkey Trial” was held in Dayton‚ Tennessee. Previous to the trial‚ the Butler Act was passed in Tennessee to ban the teaching of evolution. In an attempt to test the law‚ high school teacher John Scopes taught the theory of evolution to his class. After violating the act‚ Scopes was taken to jail
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true controversy over what to believe. Inherit The Wind is a play revolving the Scopes Monkey Trial‚ where a school teacher‚ Bertram Cates‚ taught evolutionism to his students without being allowed. He is then accused and brought to trial where many people come to join in the fight. Brady‚ a lawyer‚ has the job in the play to prosecute this “lawbreaker” while putting up a strong personality. With many obstacles in the play he puts up a hard fight and wins the trial proving Cates guilty. The character
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Inherit the Wind “Here in Hillsboro we are fighting the fight of the Faithful through-out the world!” (53) Inherit the Wind is the epic legal drama‚ written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee‚ of a controversial subject: creationism versus Darwinism. Hillsboro is extremely determined to defend creationism. Though fictional‚ Inherit the Wind is based on the Scopes Trial‚ which occurred in July of 1925 in Dayton‚ Tennessee. The play was published in 1957‚ a period of time where
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WRITING A CRITICAL LENS ESSAY: STEPS TO FOLLOW INTRODUCTION: 1. Copy the critical lens statement. 2. Restate the critical lens statement by paraphrasing it in your own words. Start with In other words‚ 3. Agree or disagree with the critical lens statement and identify the works you will discuss. Here are two possible starts for your sentence (choose one): A. The truth of this statement is shown by … (the novel The Pearl by John Steinbeck and the novel The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway)
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Inherit the Wind‚ based on the famous "Scopes Monkey Trial" in the small town Dayton‚ Tennessee‚ was written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. The play was not intended to depict the actual history or the proceedings in the Scopes’ trial but it was used as a vehicle for exploring social anxiety and ant-intellectualism that existed in the Americas during the1950s. Lawrence and Lee wrote the play as a response to the threat to intellectual freedom presented by the anti-Communist hysteria of the
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Inherit the Wind is a play about the battle between scientific and religious beliefs‚ and the restrictions upon freedom of thought. The themes presented in Inherit the Wind are timeless‚ and could have taken place a century ago‚ could be taking place today‚ and could take place in twenty years. In order to illustrate the timelessness of the play‚ the country-side surroundings and backgrounds are depicted in a modern setting. This also reinforces the fact that these themes are not obsolete and part
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Even though 12 people say you’re wrong and you broke the law‚ millions of other people are standing behind you saying you won. In the book Inherit the wind a man of the name betts cates was against the whole world. The two side are fighting over if Evolution should be taught in the classroom.Cates shows that he helped the world against a law that really showed up the facts about the past. I even though he didn’t win the case‚ he won by gaining millions of people support. Bert cates a young
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Inherit The Wind “Truth” VS. What Is “Right” In the play Inherit the Wind the theme of freedom of speech is continuously reffered to. Truth being science and right being the bible both have a crucial battle that contradicts the beliefs of each. Bertram Cates a teacher is denounced by the public as a sinner. Defended by henry Drummond both characters not only defend the teachings of science/truth but the ability to think as well. The repeated contradictions of the towns beliefs‚ continuously
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people who worshipped the Bible’s teachings. The play Inherit the Wind‚ written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee‚ models itself directly after the famous 1925 Tennessee v. Scopes trial in which Darwin’s theory of evolution and the Bible’s Creationism which were at odds. The defendant Bertram Cates and his defense attorney Henry Drummond face off against the prosecuting attorney Matthew Harrison Brady in a court of law. Throughout the entire trial‚ Drummond is seen as being perseverant‚
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