12 Angry Jurors Play Analysis
12 Angry Jurors is a play full of emotion, and during the play we are able to watch 12 ordinary people become enraged with anger and compassion. I had a unique opportunity to be one of those 12 angry jurors, and let me say that the emotional and physical toll it took for me to stay in character the whole time was astounding. This ensemble cast portrays this piece very well, every character sitting in the jury room for the whole duration of 12 Angry Jurors took skill. I now know the power of peer pressure, throughout this play we have jurors number three and eight fighting, juror three for guilty and juror 8 for not guilty, trying to get other on their side.
Anger is the emotion that enrages people to do acts they would, as a normal person,
wouldn’t do. This is the case many of these jurors, especially juror number three. Juror number three talks about the eye witnesses and gets the other jurors to back him up, and as the play progresses juror number eight finds flaws in those testimonies. This leads juror number three to go against what he previously said about the eyewitnesses and even going so far as to say that one of them is crazy and confused. These series of events allows number three to build this negative energy towards number eight, until eventually his top blows.
Anger is a huge part of this play, and a large role on how people get others to side with them. What I found uncanny was how easy it was to peer pressure someone into believing something they usually wouldn’t, 12 Angry Jurors makes a huge deal out of peer pressure and how it shapes the plot. Three gets angry then gives dirty looks to those who may be turning to not guilty, and this is a form of intimidation. But there is a point where people will stop conforming to what you want after you belligerently force your ego on them, and that was the case for a couple of jurors turning away from three.
In the end, we see a large portion of this play deals with emotion, and we are able to see how those jurors respond to anger and sadness. This play also gives insight about the actors on stage who have to keep composed the whole time they’re on stage, are they able to keep their emotions steady? Dealing with the psychology of the mind is with these actors, they have to respond with whatever emotion they deem suitable.
Anger is the emotion that enrages people to do acts they would, as a normal person,
wouldn’t do. This is the case many of these jurors, especially juror number three. Juror number three talks about the eye witnesses and gets the other jurors to back him up, and as the play progresses juror number eight finds flaws in those testimonies. This leads juror number three to go against what he previously said about the eyewitnesses and even going so far as to say that one of them is crazy and confused. These series of events allows number three to build this negative energy towards number eight, until eventually his top blows.
Anger is a huge part of this play, and a large role on how people get others to side with them. What I found uncanny was how easy it was to peer pressure someone into believing something they usually wouldn’t, 12 Angry Jurors makes a huge deal out of peer pressure and how it shapes the plot. Three gets angry then gives dirty looks to those who may be turning to not guilty, and this is a form of intimidation. But there is a point where people will stop conforming to what you want after you belligerently force your ego on them, and that was the case for a couple of jurors turning away from three.
In the end, we see a large portion of this play deals with emotion, and we are able to see how those jurors respond to anger and sadness. This play also gives insight about the actors on stage who have to keep composed the whole time they’re on stage, are they able to keep their emotions steady? Dealing with the psychology of the mind is with these actors, they have to respond with whatever emotion they deem suitable.