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Bertram "Bert" Cates, a Hillsboro high school teacher in his 20s who has taught the theory of evolution in violation of a state law banning its teaching in classrooms. E. K. Hornbeck, a reporter for the fictional Baltimore Herald newspaper.
Bertram Cates is a former biology teacher who is prosecuted for teaching evolution in Hillsboro, a fictional town in Tennessee. He is represented by Henry Drummond, a famous lawyer who defends his right to freedom of speech and science education.
Bertram Cates is the defendant in the trial that tests the Butler Law, which forbids teaching evolution. He is a modest, quiet, and proud young man who stands up for academic freedom and leaves Hillsboro with Rachel Brown.
Bertram Cates is the innocent and naïve defendant in the trial of a teacher for teaching evolution in a small town. He is a sympathetic and forgiving character who struggles to stand up for his beliefs and leaves town with Rachel, who betrayed him.
Bertram Cates in Inherit the Wind Character Analysis | Shmoop. Back. More. Character Analysis. Smarty Pants McCates Creates Controversy. Bert's the poor (but smart) sap at the center of all this controversy.
In the play’s final scene, Bertram Cates is convicted and fined one hundred dollars, which Drummond, who plans an appeal to the state Supreme Court, announces Cates will not pay.
Inherit the Wind is a play dramatizing the Hillsboro Monkey Trial, in a small American town called Hillsboro, state unnamed, in the 1950s.
