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    Guilt By Association The first fallacy is an example of Guilt by Association (no Latin name). Guilt by Association is when a stereotype is used as evidence to support an argument. The character who committed this fallacy in Twelve Angry Men was the Stockbroker. The Stockbroker said‚ “He is from a slum. Slums are breeding grounds for criminals.” The Stockbroker committed a fallacy when he brought up the fact that the accused man is from the slums because his argument was that this would give him

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    Twelve Angry Men Act I Vocabulary unanimous – complete agreement with no one dissenting refugee – a person who flees one country and seeks safety somewhere else el – a train of the same design as a subway train that runs on tracks elevated a few stories above street level. retire – to leave the open court to go to a private room calculus – a complicated mathematical process belligerently – in a hostile or angry manner monopoly – the exclusive ownership of a business switch knife – more commonly referred

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    Twelve Angry Men – Analysis Questions Act one‚ Pg 1-13 1. What is the setting of the drama and what is its significance? The story is set in the jury room in New York City. The significance is to emphasize the drama but to specifically illustrate how the 12 Jurors become irritated by one another due to the confined spaced and heated arguments that symbolically occur. 2. What are the judge’s instructions to the jury? What is the charge against the defendant? The Jurors are asked to “…try

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    “Twelve Angry Men” Twelve Angry Men (1957) is a classic film where twelve strangers are brought together into a hot and humid New York jury room‚ to negotiate and decide on the fate of a poor‚ young Latino boy who is accused of killing his father (Lumet). These twelve jurors come from diverse backgrounds‚ and throughout the film exhibit behaviors that demonstrate their cultural‚ economic and social differences. In the beginning of the film‚ these dissimilar viewpoints‚ prejudices and biases

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    Twelve Angry Men was a great depiction of how one person could influence a large amount of people by looking beyond the obvious. This movie was about a jury attempting to establish a verdict on the behalf of a teenage boy that killed his father. There were twelve men that made up the jury. The trial included two witnesses that did not have solid reasons for accusing the young boy of killing his father. One witness heard the boy threaten his father seconds before he died‚ and the other witness

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    In the movie 12 Angry Men‚ the 12 men are jurors in a murder trial‚ and with an exception of about three minutes‚ the entire movie takes place in a jury deliberation room. The defendant is an 18 year old boy accused of killing his father‚ and these men are given the duty of deciding unanimously whether the defendant is innocent or guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Once in the jury room‚ it is suggested that a preliminary vote be taken – all but one juror give a ‘guilty’ vote. I thought it was interesting

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    me‚ but I have made some notes here” and “I have been listening very closely” so that shows how much attention he pays and how he sticks to the facts. He has received prejudice and stereotyping for being German and is bullied by the other jurors. On page 12 he says‚ “This sensitivity I understand” when the 5th juror reveals how he’s lived in a slum all his life. 11th juror relates to this because of the prejudice he’s received. 7th juror bullies him on page 44 when he says‚ “I’ll knock his goddamn

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    “Twelve Angry Men” – A Critical thinkers Argument analysis. The search for truthdoes the end justify the means? Introduction. The play and subsequent movie “Twelve Angry Men” is an examination of the dynamics at play in a jury room in the 50’s in The United States. The action revolves around the opinions‚ perceptions‚ reason and logic of twelve diverse characters that are tasked with pronouncing the guilt or innocence of a young man accused of patricide. The extraordinary element is that their

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    Paper 2 Group Dynamics is clearly one of the key elements in ’12 Angry Men’‚ seeing that the entire movie is based on group decision making. In order for decisions to be made within a team‚ the members must communicate with each other and successfully work together. The realities of work are an obvious theme from the very beginning. Conflict between team members is an important factor to the plot of the movie as discussions and arguments take place over the jury’s decision. The fact that one man’s

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    Racism is a major problem involving minorities. Racism involves the people in power to think of themselves as superior and target people who do not fit the label. They are prejudice‚ discriminative‚ and very awful to the minority. It is a big problem in the United States and it will forever be an ongoing problem. A majority is not due to the amount of people‚ but the amount of power they hold as people. A minority is any group of people in society that shares a common characteristic in which it lowers

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