The Scopes Trial

History is consistently used in films as a technique to teach the values and morals of events that occurred. But whats the point in teaching bill through films when they are terribly fictional? I think in films, the conductor finds the best scheme to intrigue their audience only by changing the real(a) event to satisfy their interest. This is true for history of The Scopes Trial and a film The Inherit the soupcon. The trial itself had a series of conflicts, such as evolution vs. religion, the clash between North and South, between urban and rural, issues of class, gender, and race.Yet there was also a series of tensions throughout the movie, including the argument between individual vs. society. The alike(p) themes from The Inherit the revolve can also be seen from the actual The Scopes Trial event in Dayton, Tennessee. I think sometimes truth is stranger than fiction and according to this film; truth is also stronger than fiction. The true dramatic moment of The Inherit the Wind was ignored by director, which is essendial to the actual trial that happened in Dayton. The truth was so distorted in the film so now the argument is not individual vs. society or evolution vs. religion but history vs. fiction. The Inherit the Wind is set in the little town of Hillsboro (Dayton) when Bertram Cates (John T.

Scopes), a biological science teacher, was thrown into prison for teaching Darwins theory of evolution. deuce famous lawyers were behind this case, Henry Drummond (Clarence Darrow) as the defender and Mathew Harrison Brady (William Jennings Bryan), as the prosecutor. Mathew Harrison Brady who was voted 3 times for a presidential candidate was sent to Hillsboro is carrying out the job as a prosecutor for this trial. As for Cates, a journalist from Baltimore Herald by the name of E.K. Horrbeck (H.L. Mencken) willingly provided a lawyer named Henry Drummond for him. Horrbeck was interested in the Cates, expecting to furbish up big bucks from this big media case. The two opposing lawyers, Drummond... If you want to germinate a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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