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    12 Angry Men: Summary

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    The movie “12 Angry Men” focuses on a jury’s deliberations in a capital murder case. The jury is sent to begin deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of an 18-year-old boy from the slums accused of stabbing and killing his father. If the boy is found guilty‚ he will be sentenced to death by electrocution. The case appears to be open and shut. The defendant has a weak alibi. A knife he claimed to have lost is the murder weapon found at the scene. Also‚ he claimed to be at the movies

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    12 Angry Men Essay

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    In the movie‚ 12 Angry Men‚ an 18 year old boy from a slum is charged with murder. He is put on trial for being accused of stabbing his father in the chest with a knife. Some of the first ten amendments of the Bill of Rights are shown in this movie such as the fifth and sixth amendments. According to the Fifth Amendment when there is a jury trial all 12 jurors must make a unanimous vote on whether or not the defendant is innocent or guilty. 12 Angry men shows how one man votes the 18 year old boy

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    12 Angry Men speech

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    Seth Turner Professor Wilson Speech 22 April 2013 12 Angry Men 12 Angry Men is a filmed based on the theme of reasonable doubt. A jury of twelve men are chosen to determine whether the eighteen year old boy killed his father or not. The initial evidence that includes two eye witnesses would suggest that this case is a closed decision and they boy will surely be found guilty. The jury does not take long before coming to a vote ending in 11 votes for guilty 1 vote for non guilty. The man who voted

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    Individual who may have opposing beliefs often remain quiet and adopt to the groups opinion for the sake of conformity. (Cherry) Applications: 1. One setting in which groupthink occurs in the movie 12 Angry Men. The movie is about a jury who must reach a verdict of guilty or not guilty on a murder case. 11 out of the 12 jurors vote “guilty”‚ while one votes “not guilty.” The lonely juror proves his case‚ and slowly gains alliance. The more people that change the verdict to not guilty‚ an increase of stress

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    12 Angry Men - 7

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    Hum115 12 Angry Men The character in this movie that was the most effective critical thinker was juror 8(Henry Fonda). The types of characteristics that Fonda‚ exemplify is provisionalism‚ creativity‚ and critical thinking. By doing this he is uncover new ways of interpreting evidence‚ turns to certainty and shortsightedness when arriving at conclusions. For example‚ Fonda commented on how the boy had been slapped around all his life and was treated poorly. This kind of thinking leads to more external

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    12 Angry Men essay

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    The plot of 12 angry jurors revolves around the innocent boy who was accusing of stabbing his father. Their decision may end this boy’s life at the same time it can make him a better person to live. They are all sitting around a hard wooden table still in the center of the humid New York in a sunny day .the room is full of tense and arguments. That was in the 1957 when fans barley worked. The diverse jurors are discussing the case with different opinions and the 12 jurors have different backgrounds

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    Analysis Of 12 Angry Men

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    characters‚ it is truly courtroom television. Almost the entire movie is filmed entirely in the jury’s deliberation room. At the beginning of 12 Angry Men(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050083/)‚ the characters have just heard the testimony and evidence against a man accused of murder. The case initially seems to be obviously against the defendant‚ and 11 out of 12 jurors agree that he is guilty. One juror remains who is not entirely convinced that the man is guilty of murder. Over the course of the film

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    12 Angry Men Intuitions

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    12 Angry Men Paper In the movie‚ 12 Angry Men‚ a lesson that is taught is to check your intuitions-neither dismiss them‚ nor trust them blindly. In the movie‚ 11 of the jurors went with their first intuition that the boy was guilty. This turned out to be wrong in the end (as far as we know) and the jurors made the mistake of trusting their intuitions "blindly". Another example is the man who kept changing his mind as to whether he thought the defendant was guilty or innocent. He could not

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    Justice In 12 Angry Men

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    the hottest day of the year in New York City‚ and 12 clammy men‚ who were put on a jury‚ are locked into a room‚ where the fan doesn’t work and the windows stick‚ to discuss the case of an 18 year old accused of murder. In the opening scene‚ the judge states that is it a first degree murder and if found guilty the teenager will receive the death penalty. The 18 year old is accused of killing his father with a “one of a kind” switch blade. The 12 jurors must decide if there is enough evidence to

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    Reginald Rose’s “12 Angry Men” is a testament to the power and productivity of conflict. In the same way that conflict can both help and hinder us‚ the ego/identity and relational based conflicts‚ and the competitive and avoidance approaches to conflict interfere with the group coming to consensus‚ yet at the same time galvanize these 12 angry men. Many of the jurors’ personal biases‚ often the causes of relational or ego/identity based conflict‚ constantly undermine the voting. Throughout the entire

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