In the play inherit the wind the “monkey trial’ is taking place in a southern city of the united states of america. The trial is debating whether a man should be found guilty for teaching children in his class the theory of evolution, mccarthyism is when someone makes unfair accusations against a person or organization based on social views they have. In inherit the wind they show these views on mccarthyism by how a lot of the people in the town react when they see that cates teaches his students mccarthyism. They show how the reverend brown is exactly like how mccarthy was in the fifties when the second red scare was happening. drummond was a reflection of the driving force of change in the fifties to try and break out of the mccarthyist lifestyle.
