Inherit the Wind
Inherit The Wind
How do the authors introduce the conflict between science and the bible at the beginning of the play
How do the authors introduce the conflict between science and the bible at the beginning of the play
As Howard looks for worms, a twenty-two year old woman named Rachel enters, carrying a suitcase, and goes to the courthouse. Meeker, the bailiff, enters from inside the jail below. Rachel asks him not to let her father the Reverend know she's there and says she wants to see Bert Cates. Meeker says the jail isn't the proper place for a minister's daughter and offers to bring him up to the courtroom to talk to her.