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    Twelve Angry Men CHARACTERS FOREMAN: A small‚ petty man who is impressed with the authority he has and handles himself quite formally. Not overly bright‚ but dogged. JUROR NO. 2: A meek‚ hesitant man who finds it difficult to maintain any opinions of his own. Easily swayed and usually adopts the opinion of the last person to whom he has spoken. JUROR NO. 3: A very strong‚ very forceful‚ extremely opinionated man within whom can be detected a streak of sadism. He is a humorless man who is intolerant

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    Twelve Angry Men exposes the weaknesses of the jury system as well as its strengths – The Jurors within Twelve Angry Men portray individual aspects of a 1950s American culture‚ all with their own take on the American Jury system. The closed minded‚ sheep like attitudes of the Jurors illustrates the McCathic mentality of the public which directly reflects the weaknesses within the American Jury system. Though flawed in many aspects one juror displays the key strength in the American justice system

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    Introduction 12 Angry Men is the captivating story of 12 jurors trying to solve a case of murder. All with different personalities‚ fights break out and disagreements occur. However in the end‚ a lesson is learnt for everyone. When the story begins‚ all the jurors are eager to convict the defendant‚ a young minority‚ on charges of murdering his father. Juror 8 is the lone dissenter. The jury’s deliberations go through a surprizing shift and one by one‚ the other 11 jurors feel compelled to re-examine

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    LETTER RECOMMENDING THE MOTION PICTURE “12 ANGRY MEN” In 1954‚ an understated motion picture was released in theaters. Despite its invigorating content‚ the movie made very little money and was virtually unknown to the vast public for decades. About 25 years ago‚ this movie was rediscovered‚ and has since become an American classic. 12 Angry Men‚ starring Henry Fonda‚ E.G. Marshall‚ and Lee Cobb‚ is the story of twelve jurors who determine the fate of a teenage Puerto Rican boy charged with

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    Right or wrong

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    clear difference between right and wrong? Well‚ it all depends on what one has been trained to believe. When answering this question one must include many factors‚ such as religious morals and values‚ environmental influences‚ society‚ and etc. One might believe that stealing to provide for their family is okay‚ but another knows that you do not steal‚ no matter what the circumstances may be because it is wrong. As with the given example‚ what one person may think is wrong‚ may be right to another person

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    _____________________________________________________________ Right and Wrong What is right and wrong? It sounds simple enough but when you actually sit down and think about it‚ it becomes a very complicated question to answer. Longman dictionary defined right as a statement or piece of information that is correct and based on true fact while wrong is a behavior that is not morally right or not based on true fact. For me‚ right and wrong are hard to define‚ it depends on your perspective of life‚

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    Twelve Angry Men presents the pessimistic view that all humans are flawed. Pessimistic- cynical‚ distrustful‚ negative‚ doubtful‚ suspicious‚ unenthusiastic Flawed- imperfections‚ weak‚ faulty‚ unlawful‚ inaccurate‚ fallacious‚ unfair Notes Weaknesses of the Jurors Foreman goes with the majority vote rather than independently forming his own judgement Juror 10 stereotypes all immigrants. Offensive remarks eventually lead to the other jurors turning their backs on him and he finally reflects

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    Dan Bodson CMST 140 12 Angry Men Any jury trial is bound to have some sort of conflict involved when coming to a verdict. The portrayal of a murder case in the movie‚ 12 Angry Men‚ involves many different examples of conflict‚ as well as the approaches to conflict used by different characters. Almost every conversation in the film involves conflict‚ since the characters are all debating whether or not the boy being tried for murder is guilty or not‚ but there are a few scenes in which different

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    the manager’s role very well‚ made the ballot for everybody‚ drew up the rules‚ statements of rights and responsibilities of each person‚ and safeguard the rights of each person at real-time. We think that he arrange every step for this jury meeting. As he is a coach in a university football team‚ he has a very extraordinary organizing ability‚ and when the talk fall into dilemma‚ he can guide all into right path. And his career has also made him had a trait that not jumping to conclusions‚ never admit

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    Dear Mr. Reginald Rose‚ After viewing and reading the various versions of your play‚ 12 Angry Men‚ I believe that there is room to state that it is a ‘timeless’ play. After being written in 1955‚ it was re-created at least a further three times at different stages in history with extremely minor differences. The attention to detail that you have included in 12 Angry Men makes your play timeless. Through the themes‚ characters‚ language and structure of the play‚ viewers and or readers are able

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