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Inherit the Wind

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About the Playwrights

Jerome Lawrence
Robert Lee
Their Partnership and Work

About the Play

Introduction to The Play
A Brief Synopsis
List of Characters
Character Map

Chapter Analyses

Act I: Scene 1
Act I: Scene 2
Act II: Scene 1
Act II: Scene 2
Act III

Character Analyses

Matthew Harrison Brady
Henry Drummond
E. K. Hornbeck
Bertram Cates
Rachel Brown

Critical Essays

Dramatic Conventions and Devices
Themes
Conflicts in Inherit the Wind
A Note On Proverbs

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Which is better, the Twilight books or the movie?

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Chapter Analyses

Act I: Scene 2

venireman    a member of a group of people from among whom a jury or juries will be selected.

clock-stoppers    narrow-minded thinkers.

cold feet    fright.

pariah    any person despised or rejected by others; an outcast.

grip    a small bag or satchel for holding clothes, etc. in traveling .

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