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Inferencing Characters in Stacking the Evidence

Learn how to analyze quotes and infer character traits in the play "Stacking the Evidence" by identifying the speakers and their motivations. Discover the personalities of Brady, Reverend Brown, Rachel Brown, Bertram Cates, and E.K. Hornbeck.

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Inferencing Characters in Stacking the Evidence

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  1. Act I Scene I Stacking the evidence • Step one: Figure out who said this quote • Step two: Find the name of the speaker and go to his/her name in the room. • Step three: Read the quotes you and your group have.  • Step four: Infer what you can about the character based upon what he/she has said and write it in on your chart.

  2. Brady • “Friends—I can see most of you are my friends, from the way you have decked out your beautiful city of Hillsboro” (19). • “We must look grave, gentlemen, but not too serious” (22). • “What a challenge it is…To test the steel of our truth against the blasphemies of Science! To Stand—“ (23). • “The whole town will be watching our victory over Drummond” (29).

  3. Reverend Brown • “Rachel! (then to Brady) My daughter would be pleased to answer any questions you have about Bertram Cates” (24). • “You look into his face (Drummond), and you wonder why God made such a man. And then you know that God didn’t make him, that he is a creature of the Devil, perhaps even the Devil himself!” (28).

  4. Rachel Brown • “Why can’t you be on the right side of things?” (9). • “Bert, you’ve got to tell me what to do. I don’t know what to do-” (31). • “You make it sound like Bert is a hero. I’d like to think that, but I can’t. A schoolteacher is a public servant: I think he should do what the law and the school board want him to do” (33)  • “I think there must be something wrong in what Bert believes, if a great man like Mr. Brady comes to speak out against him” (34).

  5. Bertram Cates • (Trying to cheer up Rachel while in jail) • “You know something funny? The food’s better than the boarding house. And you’d better not tell anyone how cool it is down there, or we’ll have a crime wave every summer” (7). • “It’s not as simple as that. Good or bad, black or white, night or day” (9).

  6. E.K. Hornbeck • “Which is hungrier—my stomach or my soul? (and he eats a hotdog)?” (15). • “I may be rancid butter, but I’m on your side of the bread (said to Rachel)” (32). • “(I’m) as much as a critic can be a friend to anyone…I am admired for my detestability (how much people feel hate/disdain toward me)” (32, 33).

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