Scopes In Inherit The Wind

Cash has dependably been an enthusiasm to humankind, and individuals will do anything to get their hands on it. Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's Inherit the Wind displays that the whole play is paraded as a sort of business scheme. Inherit the Wind demonstrates the spectacle of the Scopes Trial because both show the persecution of those who go against the dominant trend, individuals commodify themselves, and hatred is commercialized.
Oppression to those who go against the dominant trend presented in the play, reflects to the 1925 Tennessee Scopes Trial in sense of the controversial fight between religion and science. Christianity was strictly believed by majority during the settings of the Scopes Trial and there was a general lack of evolutionists …show more content…
This is clear when Drummond states "All motion is relative. Perhaps it is you who has moved away - by standing still" (Lawrence and Lee 67). A couple of nuances within the passage convinces the audience that Drummond is an evolutionist such as, "All motion is relative." (Lawrence and Lee 67), which is a scientific term he uses as evidence and "by standing still" (Lawrence and Lee 67) which is a nuance that the prosecution is scared to move on and accept changes such as evolution. Having mimicked the pro evolutionist identity, both defenses in the Scopes Trial and the play completely argue against the side that they believe (religion) to convince the audience that they are the bad guys. Having this title, the defense understands that by defeating the hero they can promote their publicity because the audience will acknowledge the amount of skill and power the lawyers behold. This can be recognized in relation to Drummonds reputation and how he is infamous in the city of Hillsboro before the whole trial, and is notorious for aiding a man who murdered his wife walk free from any