Twelve Angry Men By Reginald Rose

Throughout the film, the audience becomes familiar with each of the jurors and is quickly introduced to topics at issue such as discrimination, iniquitous motives, and concerns about the American judicial system. As the twelve jurors deliberate to reach a verdict, the film epitomizes the validation and condemnation of the American justice system. There are many responsibilities of a jury: to achieve fair and impartial decision, determine guilt or not guilt, give people voice in the government, and to protect the

Henry Fonda’s approach to and the perception of his persuasive communication was influenced by the individual differences in the group. Even in a single culture, different people respond differently to different persuasive techniques, and when the difference are drastic, the complications multiply. Although the 12 jurors are all white men they represent a diverse group consisting of different ages, social-economic status, and occupations. Initially, because the movie is set in the 1950’s and the defendant is non-Caucasian I assumed race would play a bigger part in the deliberation. More so, that the race of the jury would outweigh any individual difference they had. As a result, that a consensus based on this factor alone would suffice.

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 gets a very fair trial. All the jurors have their own opinions on the case but in the end a decision is made. The jury, and the audience, never discovers if in fact the defendant did murder his father. His guilt or innocence seems to be almost

The jurors are transformed by the process of deliberating. Eleven men voted guilty because of their prejudices, fears, laziness and insecurities, but they are eventually persuaded by reason to give up these limiting beliefs, to see the potential in the facts, and to find justice. The critical turning points in the jury votes occur, not when there is passion and anger, but when there is reasoned discussion, as the rational Juror 8 triumphs over the prejudices of his fellow jurors. The facts of the case do not change, but the jurors come to see the facts differently, and change by the process they go through. Despite the hostility and tension created in this process, the twelve men end up reconciled, and justice is done.

An issue that has been circulating is whether or not to conform. Rob Siltanen says, “... The ones who see things differently. They 're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can 't do is ignore them. Because they change thing.[...]” ( cited) What he says is agreeable because the one that does not conform, will be the one that changes themselves,their society and even their future. This matter is an open topic of debate because one may agree that an individual does not need to conform to society 's ideals in order to find their happiness or be successful in life.

In the movie 12 Angry Men, juror number 8 (Henry Fonda) was not sure if evidence presented...

The film is about how a jury made up of 12 men had to deliberate a case about a man that was murdered by his son. They had to determine if the son was innocent or guilty of the crime based on the information that was presented to them in the case. In this deliberation one jury doesn’t not agree with the others and is determined to further talk about the case. After a long discussion he was able to convince the others the son was innocent.

Set in the 1950’s post depression America and written by world renowned playwright Reginald Rose, Twelve Angry Men has become a much loved classic within the drama playwright genre. With an abundance of audacious themes skillfully displayed throughout the feature length play, Rose has pushed the boundaries of the overly oppressive era from which the play was first published. The two main themes that were explored to great lengths throughout the play were prejudices and stereotypes. These themes were both highlighted through the use of three key literary devices; structure, setting and interactions of characters.

During the first preliminary vote, eleven of the twelve jurors vote guilty, excluding the one not guilty vote from juror eight. Juror eight then makes it clear that it is in his belief that the vote was made far too swiftly, and it was necessary for them to discuss the specifics of the case before jumping to any

The literary element setting includes the time when the story happens and location where the story takes place. Some stories use variety of settings to initiate an interesting beginning. However, the 12 Angry Man has only one fixed setting – the jury room, which is not commonly used in a novel. The author, Reginald Rose, overcomes the limitation in setting by describing changes in weather, initiating different types of character and imitating the events of the murder.

Every single person on this earth is unique unto theirself. Think about it! Each individual has their own personality, agenda and history. Such are the characters portrayed in 12 Angry Men. The movie 12 Angry Men was the first of fourty-three films in the career of director Sidney Lument, who often sought controversial issues (RE). This movie focuses on a jury’s deliberation in a capital murder case, where a guilty verdict means an automatic death sentence. As the deliberations unfold the story quickly becomes a study of the juror’s complex personalities (imdb). Using rationalization, people can justify any action or inaction in an attempt to bring it into accord with their self-image (Roth 199). 12 Angry Men forces the characters

12 Angry Men, although produced in the late fifties still offers a great movie for any viewer to watch. The special effects and quality of this film can easily be guessed by the black and white silhouettes of the characters. The intensifying conflict of the film easily overshadows the expected criteria from a film such as its special effects and character development. Many viewers expect a well-developed plot and characters with an accompanying use of special effects and coherent scenes. However, it is interesting to consider how 12 Angry Men has incorporated these aspects into its production.

In the movie “The Patriot”. Directed by Ronald Emmerich. The movie was released on theaters on June,30 2000, Actor Mel Gibson stars as a widowed man named Benjamin Martin, Father of seven children. The movie is based upon the story of “The Swamp Fox, Francis Marion”.

The opening scene shows the outside of a judicial building somewhere in New York city and continues to move inside to a court room. Inside the court room, a minority, eighteen-year-old male, with a criminal record is faced with a charge of murdering his own father. The judge informs the jury that if proven guilty, the boy would be sentenced to death and put in the electric chair. The alternate jurors were then excused and the rest of the jury retired to the jury room where they would decide the boy’s faith. Once in the room, the atmosphere seemed that everyone had made up their mind to the fact that the boy had killed his father in the first degree. The twelve men do a preliminary

The only person who doesn’t vote guilty, is Juror 8, played by Henry Fonda. He says that he wants to have some form of a discussion about it, considering a life is at stake, while the others just seem to want to get it over with. This is when we really get into the plot of the movie. Juror 8 begins to talk and try and convince the rest of his fellow jurors, not of anyone’s innocence, but of the fact that there is a reasonable doubt. Without having even seen the trial, we are introduced to all of the