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    Does the play support the view that the legal system is admirable? The play Twelve Angry Men written by Reginald Rose describes a dissenter forced the jury to reconsider a homicide case and eventually they get a unanimous verdict that the boy is innocent. The play celebrates the legal system in America but to some extent it also demonstrates there are some weakness exits. The legal system is just since the twelve jurors have to reach a unanimous verdict. However‚ the jurors may view the case with

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    In the drama Twelve Angry Men‚ by Reginald Rose‚ there are twelve jurors to discuss and deliberate if the murder in the first degree is guilt or not. Because the verdict must be unanimous‚ twelve jurors have a critical thinking in their discussion and finally made the vote from eleven jurors vote for guilty to unanimous vote for not guilty. During the development of the voting‚ Juror Three is hardly to persuade because he has a serious prejudice to the murder. If Juror Three does not admit the murder

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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 is a drama written by Reginald Rose concerning the jury of a homicide trial. It was broadcasted initially as a television play in 1954. The following year it made it’s path to the stage‚ and was made a highly successful film. Since then it has been given numerous remakes‚ adaptations‚ and tributes. The play concerns the deliberations of the jury of a homicide trial. At the beginning‚ they have a nearly unanimous decision of guilty‚ with a single dissenter of not guilty‚ who throughout

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    Twelve Angry Men Reginald Rose Pg 53 when juror 8 says “And no matter where you run into it‚ prejudice obscures the truth” he means when ever and where ever you are narrow-mindedness and racism can cloud your judgment towards people of all races and cultures‚ this can be proved by the stubbornness of juror 10 to change his mind about the boys case‚ and juror 3’s absolute unwillingness to change is mind even when all the other jurors starting with juror 8 note innocent. Juror 10 is one of the

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    Mockingbird and Twelve Angry Men. * Similarities: * In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus defends Tom Robinson even though there was little chance he could win the trial. He did all he could to help Tom‚ and put 100% effort into the trial. In Twelve Angry Men‚ juror number 8 defends the boy‚ even though everyone else believes he’s guilty. They both did not give up and in it till the end. * They are dealing with prejudice in both. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the prejudice is seen because

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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 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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    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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    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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