13. Rev. Brown uses words such as vicious and a Godless man to describe Drummond.…
The theme of the play is a very powerful one as it asks the viewer to think and question himself or herself on to what is their own purpose and how could they achieve their purpose if they have not found it. One has to have ones' purpose in order to survive. For the aboriginal people their survive was weakened for the fact they had no purpose but to server and live like the whites had showed them how. In settlements or on the street not giving them the right to vote the rights whites had because the white people were afraid of them. They thought that if we let one we would have to…
The play was very unique and different from any other play I have ever seen. It was very melodramatic and the characters discussed issues most characters in other plays would never touch. They spoke very truthfully to each other about issues such as anxiety, loneliness and other things that most people keep to themselves. They often mentioned all the mundane tasks they would do throughout the years to keep themselves occupied. They explained the daily miracles that everyone in the world takes for granted. At one point in the storyline, an astronaut who lived in Middletown, told a story about the town drunk and how he found what he thought was a meteor but, it was just a common sedimentary rock. He then explained how the man was very disappointed that it was not a meteor, yet that he should have been grateful for the wonders of such a perfect world able to create something. Not only was the plot of the play very unique and creative, the way the play was set up was interesting and new to me. Every play or musical I have ever been to, you sit in an auditorium and just watch the events unfold. This play had you apart of the plot and stage, the actors would interact with the audience and and speak directly to us. They kept the actors in the set very close to the audience, almost as if they were trying to make us even more uncomfortable with the closeness of the actors in the story. The…
The play is set in a fictional town in Indiana called Jackson. It is centered on a girl's life from age five to age twenty-six named Elisabeth. This girl has a disability called cerebral palsy and is unable to move her legs, so she is confined to a wheelchair. The play shows the audience scenes from her life and those having to do with her life. These scenes include her consciousness, acted out by an ensemble of characters; other children's interactions with her and conversations about her; situations that her parents are faced with; and townspeople's thoughts and conversations about her plight.…
One reason Miller writes the play is to magnify the foolish actions of modern day society and how it fails to learn from history's mistakes--in this case, how people are found suspicious because of their individualism. The play…
In conclusion there are many themes throughout the play. Revenge, Guilt, and Integrity. Guilt makes people feel a certain way, Revenge makes people act a certain way and Integrity makes people…
It is common knowledge that winners write history. In Inherit the wind, by Lawrence and Lee, this is obvious by how they portray religion and sciences. Theology, the side that lost the case, is shown as a deleterious force, smothering all ideas that disagree with it without reason.…
The newly formulated theory of evolution crafted by Charles Darwin in the 19th century was both radical and revolutionary by today’s standards. Due to its obvious conflicts with Creationist views brought about by the Bible, the theory was not commonly adopted by 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,…
Inherit the wind takes place in July in a rural town called Hillsboro. The play describes itself saying that it takes place in the not so distant past; however the play was written based on the famous scopes trial in 1925 so it may have been set around that era. The place take about a week from the time we meet the protagonist Bertram Cates until his sentence is read in court.…
1. Discuss the genre, plot, and theme of this play. The genre of the play is a satire and comedy. The theme of the play is racism, and shows the tensions of both blacks and whites in 1959; and fifty years later. The play begins with a white couple selling their house to the first black couple in the neighborhood. The tension is increased because Russ and Bev have also had a son commit suicide upstairs in the house. Neighbors visit and try to talk Russ out of selling the house. The Second Act is the same house, but fifty years later. A young white couple, Steve and Lindsey, are buying the house from the black owners, Kevin and Lena. Steve and Lindsey are wanting to make major changes that will really result in the destruction of the home. Lena…
Examine Arthur Miller’s use of historical context in the play. Which events/lines of speech create a parallel between 1600’s New England and 1950’s America (McCarthy Era)?…
Most of the characters in the play seemed to be fairly young, energetic people. Their problems were so much more manageable and yet handled in a way that did not affect society. Their idea of marriage was so simple. They all knew they would be marrying someone from their territory and raising a family without ever leaving to see what was outside of the territory. To me, that seems like such a sheltered way to live your live. But now day's things are so much more complicated. Problems that could be manageable are blown out of proportion and marriages end in divorce and broken families. People are constantly moving and unsettled. Stabbings that occurred accidentally in that time are committed on purpose or for no reason today.…
Written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, the play Inherit the Wind is a fictitious spin off of the historical Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, which debated the concept of evolutionism vs. creationism and, in general, a person’s right to think. Brady and Drummond, two lawyers appointed to Bertram Cates’ trial are both powerful characters, different yet they portray many similarities through their behaviour. Demonstrated through various personal flaws, strengths, and their own particular relationships with religion, both contrasting characters function as an important mechanism by which the play’s predominate theme of the importance of freedom of thought are emphasized. The ability to think, or exercise free thought is, philosophically, the foundation of our existence.…
Each actor was different in there own way with different characteristics, which could pertain to our modern day life. The major idea of this play to me is you never know who anyone really is and what anyone is capable of. Even the mom, Ms. Miller turned the other way when Sister Aloysius told her she thinks Father was doing some bad stuff with her kid.…
So we can see that the play deals with mental topic. The situation described in the play deals…