Inherit the Wind

The word protagonist can be classified with such terms as hero, “good guy”, and the lead role. On the other hand, the word antagonist is utilized to define villainous and heinous characters. In the 1955 classic play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, Inherit the Wind, many characters can be categorized as either. Inherit the Wind was a parody of the Great Monkey Trial of 1925, in which the state of Tennessee opposed schoolteacher John Scopes …

…mundane, faceless town. Matthew Harrison Brady, being the antagonist, lost himself in a battle in which he didn’t understand the reason for it was. He had to get involved in such a matter to place his thoughts on anything that clashed with his own faith just to get worthless publicity, because he needed something to complain about. Both Bertram Cates and Matthew Harrison Brady, though, possessed this fault which created the tremendously majestic story.