13. What is it that Brady reveals about his religious beliefs while he is being questioned
in court by Drummond?
Drummond makes him say that he is the only one who can interpret the bible. He also says that since the sun was created the first day the days before the sun could have last millions of years! That could explain the age of earth! He point the fact that there is some none sense in the arguments of Brady and that the bible can be understand in many different ways.
14. How does Drummond win over the support of the audience in the courtroom in his
examination of Brady?
He made Brady looked like a fool and he destroyed the some of the strong arguments the Brady had presented by laughing at his reading of the bible.
15. What is it that Drummond says about progress? How is this significant to the play’s
main message?
He says that progress is important. If there had been no progress, human would still think that the earth was not round and that would not know gravity.
16. How does Brady react to the courtroom’s support of Drummond instead of him?
He seemed angry. He began to felt less sure of himself.
17. What is the significance of Drummond’s story about Golden Dancer?
I don’t remember!
18. What is the difference in the way the two lawyers, Brady and Drummond respond to
the radio?
Brady wants to be heard by everyone. He thinks it nice because all the United-States will see him winning the trial. He wants to be popular and admire. Drummond doesn’t seem to care that much about the radio. He thought it was interesting, but did not change his behavior.
19. Why is Cates sentenced the way he is?
Because he act against the law, but he is not a criminal and it was only his first offence to the law.
20. What is Cates’ statement after the verdict?
That he doesn’t regret. If he could come back et would do the same thing and he will continue to teach Darwin if he can teach again.
21. What happens to Brady after the trial? Was this a surprise?
He’s going crazy and he dies. It was a surprise but they were some signs before. During the trial Drummond has confront is convictions and Brady seemed to be a bit lost. I think he was not feeling good because he realized that everything he stood for was not so sure anymore and all his conviction weren’t as solid has he thought.
22. What does Rachel decide at the end of the play? How does this tie into Drummond’s
message as well as the main theme of the play?
She decide to come with Cates and stay with him because she loves him. It ties with Drummond’s message because she has decided to think for herself and stop worrying about her father and other person’s opinion on her.
23. What does Drummond say Brady had the right to do or have?
He had the right to defend his vision of life because everybody has the right to have or fallow their conception of life. In the same way that Drummond says Cats had the right to read and teach Darwin, Brady had the right to think god created humanity.
24. What is the significance of the two books Drummond holds at the end of the play?
The two did not seemed so different, but they were in opposition in their content. We also saw that they were just simple book, but that they had such a power on man and that they pushed man to «fight» for them. Ideas are really strong and important to humanity.
25. What do you think the main message of the play is?
The main message seemed to be that we all have the right to think and no one should restrain us in our thought, as long as we don’t hurt anyone. Restricting human’s mind is a bad thing because it stops evolution in science, philosophy, ethics and so on. All humans have the right to develop their intellect and be curious about anything their interest in. We should fight anyone who tries to impose to us a restrictive vision of our world.
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