Analysis Of Stanley Kramer s Inherit The Wind

In Stanley Kramer’s film, â€Å"Inherit the Wind†; the movie is focused on the 1925 Scopes trial that occurred in Dayton, Tennessee. John Scopes, a substitute high school teacher at the time, was accused of violating the Butler Act which said it teaching the theory of human evolution in any state funded school was unlawful. He was arrested for going against the state law and the trial The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes was held in Dayton, Tennessee. The trial was started in order to attract attention to the small town of Dayton to the world giving the town intense national publicity. Many news stations and reporters immediately went to Dayton to cover one of the most controversial cases in history. The case was mainly the issue between Religion .vs. Science and Modernists .vs. Fundamentalists. Modernists said the theory of evolution was not related to religion and Fundamentalists said God was responsible for evolution and it was revealed in the Bible. The eig ht day trial concluded with John Scopes was found guilty and fined 100 $ which would be equivalent to about 1,300 $ in today’s economy. However, the court did later overturn the John Scope’s conviction based on a technicality. The Butler Act, which was violated at the time by Scopes, remained until its repeal by the state in 1967. In the movie, Stanley Kramer turned it into a movie with heroes and villains. Prosecutor William Jennings Bryan, who was in the Scopes Trial against John Scopes, is portrayed in theShow MoreRelatedStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 Pagesand permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. To obtain permission(s) to use material from this work, please submit a written reques t to Pearson Education, Inc., Permissions Department, One Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458, or you may fax your request to 201-236-3290. Many of the designations by manufacturers