Testing the Scales
In the play Inherit the Winds the argument of evolution versus creationism if fought throughout the whole novel, and the audience never receives a winner. However, at the end of the manuscript, Drummond weighs Darwin's Origin of Species in one hand and the bible in the other and smacks them together in his briefcase, side by side. This simple act is one of the strongest gestures of the play, because it puts everything they have been fighting for to rest. Drummond is showing to the audience that as a man he can respect both ideologies.While we do not know which he fully agrees with, we can infer since he defended evolution he supports that more. By placing them into his bag, Drummond shows that both of these books are important.
In the play Inherit the Winds the argument of evolution versus creationism if fought throughout the whole novel, and the audience never receives a winner. However, at the end of the manuscript, Drummond weighs Darwin's Origin of Species in one hand and the bible in the other and smacks them together in his briefcase, side by side. This simple act is one of the strongest gestures of the play, because it puts everything they have been fighting for to rest. Drummond is showing to the audience that as a man he can respect both ideologies.While we do not know which he fully agrees with, we can infer since he defended evolution he supports that more. By placing them into his bag, Drummond shows that both of these books are important.