Similarities Between Inherit The Wind And The Scopes

Have you ever read a book and then watched a movie about it? Is it ever the exact same? No, it is never the same because the movie always has to spruce it up a bit. If the play was exactly like the trial, it would be a documentary. So the play has to put dramatic scenes and funny lines into it to make it more interesting. That is what Inherit the Wind did with the Scopes Trial. The play based itself on the trial but made a lot of changes to it, to make it more interesting. The similarities between Inherit the Wind and the Scopes Trial are very plentiful because the play is based off the trial. For one, the setting is the same because they couldn’t change the place of the trial. “Dayton, Tennessee in 1925. The two weeks that the Scopes Trial was around, the town of Dayton was a festival. The trial took place during the hottest days of July." (2008, Linder). People were filling into the small town to see the one of the greatest trials of history. On July 10, 1925, 1,000 people (300 standing) jammed into the Rhea County Courthouse to see it unfold. Two police officers were waving huge fans to keep the air circulating (2008, Linder). Other similarities are also shown between the play and the trial. …show more content…
Sometimes you don’t always get what you want. This is showed in this quote, “They came to see their idol “The Great Commoner” and champion of the people meet the challenge to their faith. They left bewildered but with their beliefs unchanged despite the manhandling of their idol by the “Infidel from Chicago.” In the play however, there is also the theme, life isn’t always fair. This is showed when the Judge sustains Brady’s objections to Drummond’s requests to have a scientist on the stand, but allows an expert on the Bible to testify. It is easily noticed that the court is being completely unfair in this scene. Both of these themes are in both the play and the