The dramatic play of Twelve Angry Men‚ authored by Reginald Rose in 1955‚ focuses on a jury’s deliberations concerning a homicide trial. The trial revolves around a 16-year-old boy who is accused of stabbing his father to death. A guilty verdict means an automatic death sentence for the boy. Throughout the play Juror three displays his flaws as a result of his prejudice but he is not the most flawed as others demonstrate similar tendencies. Nevertheless‚ he is quite unrealistic‚ like his fellow jurors
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS TWELVE ANGRY MEN 1. Who is the leader at the beginning of the jury deliberations? How does the role of leader evolve in the course of the film? The leader in the beginning of the deliberation was the high school football coach‚ juror number one. He tries to keep order in the hostile jury room. The role evolve to the Architect in the course of the film because he was the only odd ball in the room who vote not guilty and he manage to change everyone vote by the end of the film
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Angry Men is a dramatic portrayal of what happens in a jury room after a murder trial in which the defendant is a young minority man who has allegedly killed his father with a switchblade knife. Eleven of the jurors are ready to declare a guilty verdict in the first five minutes‚ but one juror performs the Central Negative role in the group in order to save them from groupthink and also save the defendant from execution. Through this movie we would try to understand how individual behaviours work
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‘guilty’ vote. By juror 3 allowing his emotional baggage to enter the jury room with him it is clear that from the beginning of the play‚ his personal experience with his son were physiologically too powerful for him to be able to make the right verdict for the defendant. Like the 3rd juror‚ juror 4‚ a stock broker who presents his points in a logical
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Like any piece of fiction‚ whether it be a short story‚ play‚ or possibly a novel‚ all are written with a specific purpose in mind. Usually‚ authors of fictional writing take entertainment into consideration when mapping out the subliminal purpose they intend to display for their audience. Reginald Rose‚ the author of Twelve Angry Men‚ could have written this play for multiple reasons. However‚ as a reader‚ it is critical to conclude that it was written for at least two solid purposes instead of
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dilemma long before hearing the facts of the case. Given his past experiences‚ he would feel more inclined to vote guilty as to punish and make an example of this boy so that other kids would think twice. In this case if the jury decided on a guilty verdict‚ the defendant would be put to death. People might make rash decisions based on emotional ties to certain subjects. For some it might be a moral dilemma‚ like Juror #8‚ or past experience with a similar situation‚ like Juror #3. Juror #3 even mentions
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1. What differences in values and beliefs could you see demonstrated in this film and how did this influence the decisions which were made? Give at least three examples I saw values and beliefs from one extreme to the other. Example 1 – It was automatically assumed‚ by juror 10‚ that because the defendant lived in the ‘slums’ he was violent and guilty. His personal beliefs affected his vote instead of the facts and evidence. He seem to value social status and beliefs more than the truth. Example
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Juror #1: Non-confrontational‚ Juror #1 serves as the foreman of the jury. He is serious about his authoritative role‚ and wants to be as fair as possible. Juror #2: He is the most timid of the group. Just how timid? Well‚ this will give you an idea: For the 1957 adaptation of 12 Angry Men‚ director Sidney Lumet cast John Fielder as Juror #2. (Fielder is best known as the voice of “Piglet” from Disney’s Winnie the Pooh cartoons). Juror #2 is easily persuaded by the opinions of others‚ and cannot
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To what extent is reasonable doubt an effective safeguard in the jury system? In the play‚ Twelve Angry Men Reginald Rose depicts ‘reasonable doubt’ as an extremely effective defence in the jury system which leads to saving the accused from being sentenced. In the play the jurors are asked to determine whether the seventeen year old boy is ‘guilty’ of fatally stabbing his father beyond ‘reasonable doubt’ or not. Only Juror 8 plays a pivotal part in acquainting the other eleven jurors about ‘reasonable
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as it uses its techniques to raise the play’s key ideas on prejudice in the court of jury‚ educate viewers on the triumph of justice‚ and emphasising the theme of conviction of the story. Prejudice is seen as one crucial issue in constituting a verdict for the jury‚ as two of the jurors are biased against the suspect of the murder. Language and characterisation of the jurors is crucial techniques in which Reginald uses to convey the bitterness of one of the jurors‚ Juror #10. In the play‚ he states
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