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The play Inherit the Wind is a fictionalized account of the 1925 “Scopes Monkey Trial”. Inherit the Wind was written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee and premiered in 1955. In the play, Matthew Harrison Brady, the prosecuting attorney, has three characteristics that negatively influence his conduct during the play. These three character traits are intolerance, conceit, and ignorance. The first of the three traits that Brady has in the play is his intolerance. Brady displays his intolerance consistently throughout the play; one example of his intolerance is shown in act one scene one, when he villainizes Cates shortly after arriving in Hillsboro. Brady asks the citizens …show more content…
During the play, Brady’s ignorance of other views and knowledge causes him to look foolish. This is shown in act two scene one as Brady is testifying on the stand, and Drummond asks him whether he had ever wondered about where Cain’s wife came from if in the beginning there was only Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel. Brady responds, “The Bible satisfies me, it is enough.” (pg. 81). This quote shows Brady’s ignorance by displaying how he is ignorant of any knowledge outside of The Bible because he is simply satisfied with what is given in The Bible. Brady’s ignorance of knowledge outside of The Bible causes him to lose the respect of the crowd as he is appears foolish due to his stubbornness in not seeking additional knowledge. Another example of Brady’s ignorance can be found in act two scene one, when he denounces scientists and the believers of Darwin, calling them “Evilutionists”, “Bible-haters”, and “brewers of poison” (pg. 63). His ignorance is shown through the fact that is denouncing an opinion of others, without any knowledge of his own. Through this ignorance, Brady is portrayed as a fool, his ignorant statements make him lose respect in the eyes of the
The play Inherit the Wind is a fictionalized account of the 1925 “Scopes Monkey Trial”. Inherit the Wind was written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee and premiered in 1955. In the play, Matthew Harrison Brady, the prosecuting attorney, has three characteristics that negatively influence his conduct during the play. These three character traits are intolerance, conceit, and ignorance. The first of the three traits that Brady has in the play is his intolerance. Brady displays his intolerance consistently throughout the play; one example of his intolerance is shown in act one scene one, when he villainizes Cates shortly after arriving in Hillsboro. Brady asks the citizens …show more content…
During the play, Brady’s ignorance of other views and knowledge causes him to look foolish. This is shown in act two scene one as Brady is testifying on the stand, and Drummond asks him whether he had ever wondered about where Cain’s wife came from if in the beginning there was only Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel. Brady responds, “The Bible satisfies me, it is enough.” (pg. 81). This quote shows Brady’s ignorance by displaying how he is ignorant of any knowledge outside of The Bible because he is simply satisfied with what is given in The Bible. Brady’s ignorance of knowledge outside of The Bible causes him to lose the respect of the crowd as he is appears foolish due to his stubbornness in not seeking additional knowledge. Another example of Brady’s ignorance can be found in act two scene one, when he denounces scientists and the believers of Darwin, calling them “Evilutionists”, “Bible-haters”, and “brewers of poison” (pg. 63). His ignorance is shown through the fact that is denouncing an opinion of others, without any knowledge of his own. Through this ignorance, Brady is portrayed as a fool, his ignorant statements make him lose respect in the eyes of the