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‘Twelve Angry Men ‘is a very interesting film with the debate of twelve jurors in the jury room. They debated about a teenage boy who has just been tried for the murder of his father. The case is if all jurors vote guilty, the boy will die and if all jurors vote not guilty, the boy will be free. They started to find their chairs in the jury room and they started to vote. The result was very funny when eleven jurors voted guilty and only one against, not guilty. Juror number 8 was the only one against

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What’s The Author's Purpose?A jury of a dozen men all come together to come to a conclusion of guilty or not guilty, but someone is always not on the same page as the others what do you do? Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose is an example of what happens in a jury. I think Rose’s purpose of writing this is to entertain us, the readers and I also believe he was once in the jury himself and he wanted to show his experience.In Rose 1 they voted eleven to one NO.8 voted not guilty and the others voted

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“the most efficacious means of teaching [the people] how to rule well.” This statement can be represented in the play, 12 Angry Men, written by Reginald Rose. The play 12 Angry Men, represents the statement, by showing the readers that the jury system is efficacious in teaching the people how to rule.The jury system is efficacious in teaching the people how to rule, and 12 Angry Men insinuates this in Act 1, when only juror eight votes, “Not guilty.” Because he believes that the man soon to be receiving

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This essay will explore the Oscar-winning United artist film 12 Angry Men directed by Sydney Lumet; with a thorough evaluation of how successfully the narrative reflects tensions in 1950s America. 12 Angry Men is renowned for its strong linear narrative and the ability to obtain the attention of the audience with the use of only one mise-en-scene. The 1957 courtroom drama was established around the key theme of Politics and the battle between communism and capitalism in 1950s America; with a traditional

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12 Angry Men After watching and reading 12 Angry Men, I noticed a few differences between the Movie and the book. First, The knife was not shown in the end of the movie, even though it was mentioned in the book. Secondly, the book doesn't mention the 8th and 9th Jurors talking, even though it was shown in the movie. The characters in the film reflect those presented in the play very well. The personalities and actions of the tenth and third Jurors are very similar to that of the movie and

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12 Angry MenGuilty or not guilty? That is on the minds of twelve jurors. Set in New York City on the hottest day of the year, author Reginald Rose, introduces the audience to twelve distinct jurors who must decide the fate of a young Puerto Rican man accused of fatally stabbing his father. The play, 12 Angry Men, is an engrossing examination of a case that seems to be black and white but later opens up to case where every minor detail is scrutinized and questioned. It becomes a case where reasoning

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different point of views of reality than in a jury room. In Twelve Angry Men, the play is optimistic in the ability for the jury to come together and make the right decisions even if they’re not all doing it for the right reasons. The 12 jurors revolve around the idea of prejudice which is conveyed using the archetype of light vs. darkness, literary devices, and character foil between juror 8 and 3. In the play, Twelve Angry Men, Rose uses several elements that implement the American Justice System

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The play 12 Angry Men is a story that brings out the true attributes in the characters it so strongly develops. It shows that when 12 unique personalities, with some having destructive traits, come together, they can still agree on a verdict. One of these corrosive traits is confirmation bias. Both the movie and the play showed this trait as well as the persuasive points ethos, pathos, and logos, for which the jurors used to coax others into changing their vote. The movie also changed minor aspects

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Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men, depicted a both inspiring yet damaged representation of America’s legal system. While justice and truth led the jury a morally sound decision, it was not without disobedience and multiple instances of legal infraction. Time after time, prominent figures in the jury room presented personal opinions and even gave examples of unrelated life experiences. In the United States, where all decisions of juries must be made on evidence provided in the courtroom, these individuals

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12 Angry Men is a wonderful film that sheds light upon both the greatness and the weakness of the Jury system. It dramatizes the flaws inherent in the Jury system with élan and at the same time, it brings out a sense of positivism about the same. It puts forth the idea that while humans do not work on pure logic and are primarily governed by emotion, justice can still prevail by a careful conglomeration of the two. The film commences with eleven out of twelve jurors convinced that the accused ought

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