Maia Fitch 3.16.12 Mr. Oldford Block 1B 12 Angry Men Response 12 Angry Men was a very good movie to me and it had a message behind it all. The message I understood was that you should always think the options and never judge too quick. This movie was very old and can somewhat relate to what still goes on these days in the same situation. If I was one of the jurors‚ I feel as if I would’ve been like Davis and not close the case so quickly. Davis was a thinker and he didn’t want them to just
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Introduction In the movie 12 Angry Men‚ (1957)‚ twelve white men from different socioeconomic backgrounds with diverse personal prejudices‚ beliefs and personalities are brought together in a small jury room on a hot summer day. The jurors are forced to debate evidence presented in a case and carry out the task of deliberating on the guilt or innocence of a teenager accused of killing his father with a switchblade. This film dramatically illustrates how a group dynamic can influence what should be its members’
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Don’t Believe Everything You Hear 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose is a twisting story where a son is accussed of stabbing his father to death. Twelve strangers are told to listen to this court case and are then stuck in a small‚ hot room where they are told to decide on a verdict‚ whether or not the kid lives or dies. The jury finally decides on the verdict of : Not Guilty. Three major facts that influence the juries agreement that the accussed is not guilty include doubts of the murder weapon‚ doubts
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Guilty or Not Guilty 8 million people a year serve jury duty. Choosing 12 individuals to make a life or death decision can be dangerous because people dread jury duty‚ people are biased‚ and some people lack more intelligence than others. Reginald Rose demonstrated this in his play Twelve Angry Men he wrote for television. Viewers saw these dangers expressed through the characters in the play. Many people dislike receiving an envelope saying they have to serve jury duty. People not liking
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The movie "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose is a drama that displays twelve jurors’ in-depth reasoning to decide a unanimous decision on the defendant’s sentence. There are many assets and liabilities of the group that play a role in their decision making. The jurors are all defined in terms of their personalities‚ backgrounds‚ prejudices and emotional tilts. This paper will argue that when pride‚ jealousy‚ frustration and prejudice all emerge we see irrational and rational decision making methods
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murder case. Twelve men were placed as jurors for a young man being accused of stabbing his father to death‚ During a preliminary tally‚ eleven tired men voted guilty‚ while one lone man voted not guilty. That person was Juror #8. A simple man nearing middle age with full dark hair‚ dark mystic eyes‚ and a well-leveled tone‚ who carried himself firmly. Of course‚ the eleven men grew frustrated with this and tried to explain to Juror #8 their reasons the young man was guilty. Juror #8 defended his
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Twelve Angry Men Reginald Rose’s film‚ Twelve Angry Men‚ revolves around the decision of twelve white male jurors to confine a young Hispanic man behind a prison cell. Initially juror eight stood alone as he put forward a notion that human memory is fallible‚ and could not be relied on as evidence. Through the jurors‚ Rose captures the essence of what`s wrong in the american justice system. Rose pursues the concept of prejudice‚ status‚ racial discrimination‚ arrogance‚ justice and the need for
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Ideas comes into effect while analyzing the development of the jurors beliefs. The basis of this concept is that the truth will be revealed in the free release of ideas for the discernment of all‚ and this is exactly what occurred in 12 Angry Men. One man managed to convince the others one by one that the defendant was innocent‚ yet this would not have been possible if all of their ideas were not freely released. If the eighth juror were intimidated by the number of those who outnumbered him‚ ideas
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"12 Angry Men" is a remake of the 1957 Black-and-white film‚ and tells the story of twelve jurors bound by the acceptance of their civic duty and thrust together into a hot‚ humid room to determine the guilt or innocence of a boy accused of killing his father in a moment of rage. Only one juror is not certain‚ beyond a reasonable doubt‚ that the young man is guilty. With the exception of a few moments at the beginning and the end‚ the entire movie takes place in the room. All in all‚ I thought
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be “get out of jury duty” or “jury duty excuses”. However‚ we fail to realize that the role of a juror is essential to the United States justice system‚ we also fail to realize that every single juror counts. We often hear of jurors conforming‚ and switching their votes to the majority vote in hopes of going home‚ but this is not the case in “12 Angry Men”. In Sidney Lumet’s feature film “12 Angry Men”‚ we are given insight to the pressures of social psychology and how one man strives to overcome
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