Part one of term paper
In the play Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee, the theme is that all people have the right to think. One examply that supports the theme is the conversation between Howard and Melinda. While dangling a worm in front of Melinda, Howard remarks, "What're yuh skeered of" You was a worm once" (4). Melinda replies by exclaiming ...

Part two of term paper
... the questioning in act two. During the questioning, Drummond desperately tries to establish that everyone "has the right to think (64). Drummond says that a man is on trial and "threatened with fine and imprisonment because he chooses to speak what he thinks" (64). Yet another example of the theme occurs when Bert and Rachel decide to go off on their own. Rachels decision to break away from the beliefs of her narrow-minded father and go off with Bert is expressed when she replies to Bert, " ...