Juror # 3 In 12 Angry Men

Sidney Lumet is the director of 12 Angry Men and it was released in 1957. It is about a jury who must decide the outcome of a murder case committed by a 16 year old boy. They all become very angry and slowly everyone goes from choosing guilty to not guilty. Throughout the movie the jurors true characters are revealed and they learn about the past of each other. The movie, 12 Angry Men, uses juror #3 to illustrate the emotions of everyone in the room by showing his stubbornness, extreme anger, and his personal struggles throughout the movie. Stubbornness can make you very closed minded and blur your judgement even when it may be obvious. Juror #3 says “Well, you’re not getting through to me.” after juror #8 makes a very valid point. He has already made up his mind and nothing can change it even if he is wrong. When you are part of a jury you should be open to everyone's opinions, but he was stubborn and would not change his vote, no matter what the evidence was. Later, he states “There are people in here who are so goddamned stubborn that you can’t even… We’ll never get this thing done.” Juror #3 thinks everyone else is
During the arguments, The third juror turns to face the 5th juror in a fighting manner and later yells “You bet I’m excitable.” When someone says something juror #3 doesn’t like, he gets very angry and immediately raises his voice. This attitude immediately makes his point invalid to many of the other jurors. The eighth juror says some words to anger the third juror and it works with the third juror saying “Shut up!” lunging wildly at the eighth juror and screaming “I’ll kill him! I’ll kill him!” Juror #8 baits the third juror into getting very angry and everyone realizes that they maybe shouldn’t believe everything the third juror says. He makes some credible points, but when he starts to overreact the jurors don’t want to side with him