Name: _____________ Class: Grade 8 English INDIVIDUAL LEARNING PACKET [pic] TWELVE ANGRY MEN By Reginald Rose Introduction In 1957‚ a boy is on trial in a New York City court of law‚ accused of the murder of his father. It is a hot July afternoon. The twelve male jurors retire into the jury room‚ instructed by the judge to consider the evidence “honestly and thoughtfully”. Before long‚ however‚ issues of prejudice and racism arise‚ threatening to influence the impartial
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I have recently read Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose and decided to write a letter based on your behavior in the jury. I’ll start my letter with your personal life‚ you started your business from scratch and now you have thirty-four employees working for you. How do you treat your worker: do you treat them with respect? By the way you were behaving in the jury‚ it seems like you disrespect your employees. You might be wondering why I called you a disrespectful person? On page 26‚ when all of the
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In the film Twelve Angry Men produced by Reginald Rose begins when a young teenage boy was on trial for murdering his abusive father. All the evidence and facts brought to the trial was against him‚ however‚ the twelve jurors had to make a verdict whether the boy is guilty or not guilty‚ and they decision would concluded whether the boy should or should not be sent to the electric chair. In process of making a verdict‚ the twelve jurors came together to reason and decide the fate of the boy. The
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12 Angry Men Essay Juror#3 In a crowded jury room in downtown New York‚ opinions collide as discussion about the innocence of a young boy is decided. The dark and foreboding storm clouds that hang over the heads of the jurors are beginning to lift as time progresses and new facts are presented. One juror is not happy about this stay of execution and is holding fast his opinion of guilty. Juror three‚ the president of his business‚ refuses to alter his vote or opinion in any way. Still haunted
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Evaluation of Twelve Angry Men On January 16th 2014 I went to see “Twelve Angry Men” written by Regional Rose at the Garrick Theatre‚ London. This play was directed by Christopher Hayden with added design elements by Michael Pavelka. “Twelve Angry Men” was originally presented as a television series in 1953 then as play and finally presented as film starring Jack Klugman. The play is set in a New York City Court of Law jury room in 1957. We learn that this is a murder case for a sixteen year old
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Reginald Rose’s play‚ Twelve Angry Men‚ is about a jury’s decision making process in a murder trial. The facts in this play become blinded by the prejudices that some Juror’s possess. A prejudice jury became formed due to a biased testimony and the facts became clouded as generalisations were formed by the Juror’s. Some Juror’s bigotry can be based on their past experiences and discrimination didn’t only happen to the defendant‚ but it was also experienced by Juror’s themselves Biased testimony
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Twelve Angry Men I’m not sure what background information you are supposed to know on this. Certainly any discord among the jurors makes tension. You need a collective jury to to hand down a verdict. These jurors are hot‚ tired‚ and upset. A group will naturally look favourably to strong evidence that will end the trial. Any discord could convince other jurors to change their mind and shift the group dynamics. These jurors want to end the trial fast and give the judge the most obvious verdict
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Twelve Angry Men Research Task 1. Reginald Rose Biography (1920-2002) Reginald Rose was an American man born on the 10th December 1920 in New York. He is the son of William Rose‚ who was a lawyer‚ and Alice Rose‚ who was an Obendorfer. On September 5th of 1943‚ Rose married Barbara Langbart‚ and they had 4 children: Jonathan‚ Richard‚ and twins Andrew and Steven. But this marriage did not last and on July 6th of 1963‚ Rose married Ellen McLaughlin‚ with whom he had another 2 kids: Thomas and
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The setting of Twelve Angry Men‚ by Reginald Rose‚ affects all of the character’s emotions and the overall mood of the play. There are two parts of the setting that affect the mood: the weather and the room. The weather seems to mimic the overall atmosphere of the jury room‚ as well as the jurors’ moods. It is a very hot summer day‚ so the jurors feel very warm and uncomfortable‚ which can cause them to be unruly. The room and its environment have an effect on how everyone is feeling as well. The
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feel that knife goin’ in. 8th Juror: it’s not your boy. He’s somebody else. 4th Juror: let him live. [There’s a long pause.] 3rd Juror: All right. Not guilty” This is memorable to me because when the 3rd juror was talking I realized that his anger was coming from problems at home with him and his son not the defendant. It became obvious that he couldn’t separate his own biasedness from reason. He was solely basing his opinion on past experiences with his son. Its important to the book because
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