What Does Henry Drummond Symbolize

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Henry Drummond symbolizes the devil to the people of Hillsboro because he is accepting of change that is different from the Bible. The people of Hillsboro believe Henry Drummond is the devil. In the movie, Inherit the Wind, Henry Drummond arrives in town to defend Bertram Cates, the defendant, in a court case. The court case involves Cates who is accused of breaking the law of a public teacher teaching any theory that denies the creation of man, as taught in the Bible. Before court a woman yells at Drummond, “we’ll chase him back to hell”. The townspeople believe that because Drummond is going against what the Bible says, that makes him the devil. To them, not believing in God’s ways make him deserve to be in hell because he is accepting

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