Lame Inherit the Wind Response: Act1 Scene1

The characters in this scene have a similiar sence of being, they all have a strong religous believe in God and live under that rule. Every one is in tuned with the bible, except for a few. Mr. Hornbacker is a journalist that seems to have a strong belife in Evolution. He is the man that walks around the town and spys on every one and trys to manipulate them into slipping up for a good headline! Another character who seems a little lost is Rachel, she wants to believe in God but she doesnt want to believe that Cates did anything wrong. She struggles with this because her and Cates have a thing going on and her father is the Reverend. All the characters have more attitude to them because its a play then just the trial. In the play you look at all the lives and everything outside the court room and not just what happens with in the case. In the scene they set the court room up, the whole story up, as a battle field. This is important becasue this trial is so important to this town. As William Gennings Bryan says it is a fight for Gods word not just any man. This Scene is the very beginning, it sets up the relationship between all the characters before the trial begins.