“We must not abandon faith, faith is the important thing” (Lawrence and lee 83). Brady’s ideas and quotes mirrors his real life counterpart Bryan in numerous ways. Scopes Monkey Trial, the trial of the century took place in the small religious town of Dayton Tennessee. John Scopes, the man that went on trial almost 90 years ago and his intense prosecution still captures people’s attentions today. Clarence Darrow faces off against William Jennings Bryan in this dramatic trial of different ideas and beliefs. Scopes was just a small teacher from Tennessee, but endured one of the biggest trials ever. In the play, Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, William Jennings Bryan parallels his real life counterpart, Matthew Harrison Brady through Positivity, Confidence and
