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Inherit the Wind

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Play Summary

Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee Biographies

Jerome Lawrence
Robert Lee
Partnership and Work

About Inherit the Wind

Introduction
The Butler Act
The Scopes Trial
The Play and the Trial: How They Compare
A Response to McCarthyism

Summary and Analysis by Scene

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

Character List

Character Map

Character Analysis

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

Critical Essays

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

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vagrant a person who wanders from place to place without a regular job, supporting himself by begging, etc.

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

whip-crack quickly; forcefully; loud.

whipping'em up getting the crowd excited.

whoop up excite.

zeal intense enthusiasm, as in working for a cause; ardent endeavor or devotion; ardor; fervor.

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