The movie "Twelve Angry Men" is about a young man who is accused of stabbing his father to death. The twelve jurors have to decide whether the defendant is guilty or innocent. If the young man is found guilty‚ there is a mandatory death sentence (the jury needs to be unanimous in their decision). At the preliminary vote‚ eleven of the twelve jurors vote the young man guilty. Henry Fonda is the only one who voted the accused as not guilty because he doesn’t want to send the defendant to the death
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Twelve angry men After seeing the film twelve angry men just recently‚ I have been very impressed by the way the film shows how many flaws there are in the juror system of America. The flaws were shown by the jurors bringing their own values and beliefs into the jury room and causing prejudice and racism which clouded their judgment. After watching this film‚ it lead me to wonder about the racism and Prejudice in Australia. The twelve angry men showed a lot of prejudice and racism from the
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There are many individuals in “Twelve Angry men”‚ but the most important is Juror Nine because he is wise and respectful. The play “Twelve Angry Men” by Sherman L. Sergel adapted from the show written by Reginald Rose. The main people of the play are the twelve jurors and other characters are the guard‚ the defendant‚ the man and the woman. The jurors all have differing personalities and backgrounds that affect the case’s turn out. Most of the jurors take the case very seriously and make their desicions
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Twelve Angry Men illustrates the dangers of a justice system that relies on twelve individuals reaching a life-or-death decision Discussion From the introduction after the headline‚ we are informed that twelve angry men come from different hierarchy‚ some of them are wealthy‚ high-education people‚ and some of them are poor‚ refugee people. they also have different disposition‚ juror No.3 is a mean and extremely opinionated person‚ and No.2 is a hesitate person; most of them are quite different
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Pessimistic Views of Twelve Angry Men Critique Essay October 8‚ 2013 “The innocent’s worst enemy is time” - The criminal justice system of the United States was built on the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. It was necessary because the accused was not considered “innocent until proven guilty”. To preserve the rights of the accused and give individual’s accused of criminal activity a fair trial‚ a criminal justice system was necessary and needed to
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Twelve Angry Men Essay The 3rd Juror says that “everybody deserves a fair trial.” Does the defendant in this case get a fair trial? Twelve Angry Men‚ a play by Reginald Rose‚ was written in 1955 at a time when America was involved in a cold war with communist countries. It shows the strength of a deliberative process that enables individuals‚ who have “nothing to gain or lose‚” to reach a verdict. In the American jury system “everybody deserves a fair trial” and in Twelve Angry Men the defendant
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Kevin Faucher & Joel Lai Mr. Gordon CLU3M1 April 25‚ 2013 12 Angry Men In the film Twelve Angry Men‚ all jury members discussed the evidence of a boy’s murder trial. It seems as though it should be an easy‚ unanimous vote for guilty however after hours of analyzing and discussing the evidence it comes down to the most powerful evidence; the eye witnesses. How reliable really were the eye witnesses to the boy’s murder? The most convincing testimonies do not always add up as proven by this
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Twelve Angry Men Debrief Questions 1. What type of decision was the group instructed to reach (e.g. majority‚ consensus‚ authoritarian‚ etc.) * When the 12 person jury meets in the room to vote on a guilty or non-guilty verdict‚ the method used to vote was 1st based on a majority decision-making process where those would raise their hands for guilty and a non-guilty verdict. Once the results were in and 11 voted guilty and 1 voting not guilty. Based on the movie‚ 11 members of the jury
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writing of Twelve Angry Men‚ and uses these to incorporate certain persuasive techniques in the speaking of others in the story. By observing the most essential goals of evidence remembered and juror to juror relationships‚ Juror Eight most successfully uses ethos as a persuasive technique. While using this technique‚ he is able to persuade other characters profitably to his side of the argument‚ thus allowing for the verdict called upon at the end of the story. Therefore‚ Twelve Angry Men proves that
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“Twelve Angry Men presents the pessimistic opinion that all humans are fallible”. Discuss. Pessimism? Depending on the definition that you give to this your answer might be different ... Pessimism infers negativity of some degree. If there is "pessimism" in Rose’s message (and I think there is not!)‚ it could be seen in the uncertainty that his description of the jury room process involves - it is not perfect and open to prejudiced manipulation‚ poor governance and apathy‚ but concurrently it is
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