“The man who has everything figured out is a fool...it takes a smart fella to say, ‘I don’t know the answer’ ” (Lawrence and Lee 55). This quote was stated by Henry Drummond, a protagonist in the play Inherit the Wind, written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. The quote is ironic because Drummond is stating that although it is important to know the truth behind something, it is just as important to know when an individual is wrong. In the play, one learns how the surface of things never truly

Although with countless other books in existence, Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee is the novel every high school student in the TDSB is required to study. It is a play based on the Scopes Trials in 1925, and the playwrights’ main focus was to send out messages and wise words during this dark period. Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee addresses many essential themes in society, specifically, the need for progress, the search for truth and the freedom of thought

Inherit the Wind: Granting the Right to be Wrong While the practice of limiting a man’s ideas may now be seen as archaic, Inherit the Wind brings to light this very injustice, prevalent in an era not yet shrouded by time. In this final scene of the play, Drummond poignantly summarizes the beauty of free thought. The following passage highlights the central theme of Inherit the Wind: theological and scientific beliefs can co-exist, on the condition that an individual has the right to believe whatever

think and further connect to the characters in the story. In Lawrence and Lee’s Inherit the Wind it is shown that a symbol is a concrete thing that represents something abstract, something completely different from itself to show an idea. In the book there are three big symbols, Drummond’s “Golden Dancer”, Darwin’s Origin of Species, and monkeys. Firstly, Drummond’s “Golden Dancer” is an apparent symbol in Inherit the Wind. For instance, Drummond’s “Golden Dancer” represents how things and people are

Religion or science? For years people have been debating which of the two contrasting views should be taught and accepted in schools. But why not both? In the play Inherit the Wind, written by Robert E. Lee and Jerome Lawrence, Bertram Cates is arrested and put on trial for teaching his students the theory of evolution. Cate 's lawyer, Drummond fails to prove him innocent during the course of the trial, but does manage to educate people in the court about how evolution and creationism can go hand

assumptions of Henry Drummond by saying that he is a horrible agnostic, they even went as far by calling him “the devil” and attempt to restrict him from entering the town just because of the stories they heard about him. In Lawrence and Lee 's Inherit The Wind, it is shown that Henry is actually a praiseworthy character throughout the play even though the townspeople labels him as a terrible person. Throughout the play, he is a strong advocate for the freedom of thought even when opposed by many, all

Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, portrays many characters to be extremely religious. Religion in the town of Hillsboro is a vital element in its daily life. One day a teacher by the name of Bert Cates teaches Charles Darwin´s theory of evolution to his class, which teachings go against the Bible. Matthew Harrison Brady, a famous politician, comes to town to defend the Bible in the name of God by prosecuting Bert Cates, who is assumed to be an evolutionist, to prove to the world

the paint! And if it’s a lie—show it up for what it really is!” Mr. Drummond is basically saying that in life when you look past all of the beauty and colors of the best things in it what you find is not what you were expecting. The authors of Inherit the Wind, Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee use symbolism to make you understand that Mr. Brady seems so colorful and good on the outside but in the inside there is another part to him. The quote happens near the end of the play and Mr. Drummond says