erin wilhelmi played mayella in the 2019-20 second broadway cast of to kill a mockingbird.
erin wilhelmi played mayella in the 2019-20 second broadway cast of to kill a mockingbird.
who played mayella in the 2019-20 second broadway cast of to kill a mockingbird?
erin wilhelmi
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at the trial, it is undisputed that tom came to mayella's home at her request to help with the chopping up of a chifforobe, and that mayella showed signs of having been beaten around that time. among atticus' chief arguments is that tom has a crippled left arm, yet the supposed rapist would have had to make extensive use of his left hand in assaulting mayella before raping her. atticus then points out that mayella's father, bob ewell, is left handed, implying that he – rather than tom – was the one who beat mayella. atticus also states that the girl had not been examined by a doctor to check for signs of rape after the supposed assault. in his closing argument atticus asks the all-white male jury to cast aside their prejudices and instead focus on tom's obvious innocence. in taking the stand in his own defense, tom denies he attacked mayella, but states she kissed him. he testifies he voluntarily assisted mayella because "i felt sorry for her because…". although tom does not finish his sentence, the prosecutor hammers home the point that he was a black man feeling sorry for a white woman. in a town where whites are viewed as superior to blacks, tom's sympathy for mayella dooms his case, and he is found guilty.
to kill a mockingbird (film)