Review of Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee

Juror 10 stereotypes all immigrants. Offensive remarks eventually lead to the other jurors turning their backs on him and he finally reflects enough to change

Evaluation of the first suspect, is Walter Spencer. Walter Spencer is a hardworking African American slave. Spencer is the prime suspect within the investigation of Mollie’s murder. Walter Spencer could possibly be the killer because after he visited Dr. Stiner’s house he disappeared. Spencer was closest to Mollie, he was her boyfriend at the time and shared the same sleeping quarters the night of her murder. Spencer was the first to report that Mollie’s body was missing.

In the play “Inherit the Wind”, E.K Hornbeck, a newspaper columnist is presented as cynical and insolent. His character represents H. L. Mencken, a newspaper columnist for the Baltimore Sun that covered the Scopes trial.

Robinson was being accused of doing to Mayella. The jury took one look at Tom, and voted

Pat McGuiness – lawyer, he was the leading lawyer representing Brenton, after the trial he did more

Reginald Rose’s ‘Twelve Angry Men’ is a play which displays the twelve individual jurors’ characteristics through the deliberation of a first degree murder case. Out of the twelve jurors, the 8th Juror shows an outstanding heroism exists in his individual bravery and truthfulness. At the start, the 8th Juror stands alone with his opposing view of the case to the other eleven jurors. Furthermore, he is depicted as a juror who definitely understands the jury system and defends it from the jurors who do not know it fully. At the end, he eventually successes to persuade the eleven other jurors and achieves a unanimous verdict, showing his

his father. the jurors do not really know eachother to talk to and wish they were anywhere but in

Lt. Rooney- The Lt. that came to the house after the police called him. He arrested Johnathan, and Teddy and takes away the aunts to Happy Dale.

Juror 10 is a closed minded older man that uses a lot of stereotypes to make his decisions on whether or not the accused is really guilty or innocent. For example, Juror 10 yells, “You said it there. I don't want any part of them, believe me” (12 Angry Men). At this point during play, he was using where the accused lived and grew up

King develops and refines his ideas in “The Letter From Birmingham Jail” to purify and increase the power of his argument. In multiple paragraphs, this technique is used to persuade the reader into looking at the point of view King presents. King uses this technique by inserting many rhetorical questions, allusions, anaphoras.

Angry! Hostile!” This causes him to not listen to the other jurors opinions and block out any idea of the defendant being innocent. His prejudice is further understood when he says “this kid is guilty. He’s got to burn. We’re letting him slip through our fingers here.” Juror #3 is only able to see the young boy on trial as a symbol of his own son and is therefore unable to look past his own anger towards his son and see the case for what it really is. It is only through the help of juror #8 does juror #3 finally let go of his personal prejudice and sees the truth about the case and changes his vote to not guilty.

Bertram Cates is not a typical criminal. He is quiet and reserved and doesn’t to want to cause trouble or conflict. He is merely standing up for what he believes in and is doing his best to teach his students that there is more to the world than what the Bible states. He is viewed as unchristian and toxic by the locals. Both Drummond and Cates experience a struggle against mainstream society. Cates doesn’t try to stand up for himself too much, he actually is quite dependant on Drummond for support and direction. In the end, Cates is ironically more forgiving than his Christian counterparts. Cates’ role in the film is quite small in

The Judge that is over the Duffy murder trial. He has been a judge for over 30 years. He is the only judge in Theo’s hometown that is over criminal cases. Mr.Peter Duffy- accused of murdering his wife. His favorite hobby is golf.

The characters who participated in the Tom Robinson trial each represent a different belief or value that had prominence during the American South in the 1930s and represent the tensions in the moral universe by personifying the opposing forces during this time period. People who wished for change in the treatment of African-Americans not only in the justice system, but in social situations, would often clash with those who believed that the African-Americans were lesser people. Atticus, Judge Taylor, Heck Tate, and Tom Robinson represent the former side, while Mr.Gilmer, Bob Ewell, and Mayella Ewell represent the former.

Ray gets up and says “I have done the murder, I am really sorry but I am a republican and I do not like democrats at all. I know i shouldn't have done this but please do not kill me.” Ray says with extreme concern. This surprised everyone that someone actually confessed about it. The security comes to pick him up and bring him out of the jury and he has to go to jail for the rest of his life. If he did lie the security said he would have been killed because of perjury.