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Inherit The Wind - Online Essay

Inherit The Wind

The main theme of by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee is taking a
stand. The play begins in Hillsboro, Tennessee when a man named Bertram Cates breaks the law
by teaching the forbidden Darwin’s Theory. The most famous orators of the time, Matthew
Harrison Brady and Henry Drummond came to this small religious town of Hillsboro. Brady is
prosecuting against Cates and Drummond is defending him. After days of battle, the verdict is
finally decided and Bertram Cates is found guilty.
Many people take stands for different reasons. Some take stands to send a message out
that needs to be sent. That is what happened in this play. A man named Matthew Harrison Brady
did exactly that. A ...

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this entire trial is unorthodox. If the interests of
Right and Justice will be served, I will take the stand.” (page 75) Brady, at times, can be quite
ignorant and the decision he made to take the witness stand proved it. Brady did not know how
much Drummond knew about the Bible but instead he believed all the rumors he heard about
Drummond be agnostic.

Brady thought everything in the Bible should be taken literally and Drummond knew that.
That is why he asked questions that were impossible to answer. Brady was a very self-centered
man and thought that he would shut Drummond down with his answers. He was wrong.
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Everything he thought was wrong except for one thing: the interests of Right and Justice
was served for Bertram Cates. Many more things could have happened to Brady for taking the
stand. Some things that did happen were that people began to side with Drummond and Cates.
Brady began to have a nervous breakdown because he knew that Drummond ...

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Added: 9/30/2005 07:24:11 PM
Category: American History
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