The movie 12 Angry Men was released in 1957. Its opening scene is in a courtroom where the judge is giving directions to the jury. An 18 year old boy has been accused of murdering his father with a knife. The death sentence is mandatory if the boy is convicted and the verdict must be unanimous‚ either guilty or not guilty. The remainder of the movie is set in a hot‚ stuffy jury room. An initial vote is taken and the count is 11 guilty and 1 not guilty. As the vote is taken it is clear that some jurors
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In the 1957 movie‚ 12 Angry Men shows the best representation of American jury system and how people change their minds. 12 Angry Men shows that personal feeling get in the way in their votes. The movie is about how 12 jurors decide the fate of young boy that persumed he killed his father‚ while during the initial vote only Juror 8 raised his hand not guilty. Then throughout the movie and script each of the 11 jurors for various reason change their votes to not guilty. The 12 jurors change their
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Twelve men meet in one room to discuss whether an eighteen-year-old boy is responsible for his father’s death. An initial vote was cast‚ where eleven men voted guilty and one juror voted not guilty. Ultimately‚ the jury decided that he was not guilty after deliberations. The twelve-person jury must decide if the boy is guilty or is there reasonable doubt to believe that he is not guilty. The jury must vote on guilty or not guilty. If there are disagreements‚ the jury must debate until they reach
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12 Angry Men In a world where the jury is the voice of the people’s justice‚ twelve men sit in a room poised to determine the fate of one boy’s life. Did he do it? If he didn’t‚ who did? Why would a young man kill his beloved father with a switchblade knife? The moment that the jury-comprised of twelve Caucasian men‚ abhorrent in today’s society-entered the small‚ blank‚ bleak room‚ they had already come to the conclusion that the young man was guilty as charged without deliberation.
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Tajhe Lamarre 12 Angry men The movie “12 Angry Men” displays many well orchestrated examples of the terms Pathos‚ Ethos‚ and Logos. Through this film many topics arise in order to reach a verdict on a young mans life. The boy was on trial for murder‚ and most of the evidence at first glance made him look guilty. Twelve jurors must reach a unanimous decision in order to convict this young man‚ but the task seems to be more difficult to accomplish as one of the men fights in the boys favor.
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Michael Bernardo 12 Angry Men Part One The Sociogram shows the dialogue between the group. It’s very obvious that Juror number 3 and Juror number 8 lead the conversation throughout the group. Number 8 engages in conversation with every person in the jury numerous times. Whereas Number 3 excludes many different members of the jury‚ focusing the majority of his efforts on convincing the people he views as threats. Part Two The Foreman established the first rule‚ which was that
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‘Twelve Angry Men is a play about how power can be misused.’ In Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men a theme explored is how people can misuse the power they have. Set admits the ubiquitous beauty of the New York skyline is a jury room‚ the arena in which the fate of a young man’s life is decided. 12 jurymen are burdened with the power to decide and must vote unanimously either guilty or not guilty and this forms the precedent for an epic battle. The authority bestowed upon these men is defined by
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A Synopsis of 12 Angry Men One of the top one hundred movies of all time according to the American Film Institute (number 87 to be exact)‚ and also listed as one of his "Great Movies" by Rogert Ebert‚ 12 Angry Men is considered a household classic today and the definition of a quality movie. Unlike many of the movies today‚ 12 Angry Men doesn’t use vulgar language‚ have raunchy sex scenes‚ or any type of real violence through out the movie‚ but yet it is still considered a classic. In this paper
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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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In the film “12 Angry men” there is an extensive use of reason as a form of persuasion. The movie talks about how a Puerto Rican youth is on trial for murder‚ accused of knifing his father to death. Eleven of the jurors vote for conviction‚ each for reasons of his own.
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