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    12 Angry Men is a 1957 adaptation of Reginald Rose's original teleplay. The film takes place in a deliberation room where twelve jurors must decide the verdict of an 18-year-old who has been convicted of first-degree murder. Eleven of the twelve jurors believe the boy is guilty in what seems to be an open-and-shut case. However, juror 8 votes "not guilty" and suggests that the jury discusses the case in thorough detail. As the deliberations slowly unfold, the re-examined evidence brings the case

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    In Reginald Rose’s 12 Angry Men there is a clear juror whom swayed the others and directly expressed his ideas. He is a “gentle man...who wants justice to be done.” Juror no.8 is the hero as his initial choice to vote not guilty locks in the boy's fate of escaping a life of prison and punishment; not excluding his persuasiveness and ideology of the morality of the other jurors. Juror no.8 single handedly voted against the grain and convinced other jurors of his logical reasons ‘it’s not easy for

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    “Three: You sat right in court and heard the same things I did. The man’s a dangerous killer. You could see it.” “Eight: Where do you look to see if a man is a killer?” This quote from Act one of 12 Angry Men shows a lot about character Three and character Eight. This quote shows a lot of characterization for Three because it shows that Juror Three could be very prejudice. The boy being tried was from the slums, so Juror Three assumes that he would be a killer. Juror Three bases this just on

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    justice system will have failed them. It is essential that everyone receives a proper trial to evaluate their situation. In the play 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose, it is revealed that humans effect on justice can be bias by their personal experiences and nature. Jurors 3, 5, and 10 are the epitome of this claim. Personal experiences can affect justice. Juror #3 is truly an angry man. He is short-sighted, ignorant and bias from his personal experiences. He struggled raising his son and had many quarrels

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    including a violent crime with a knife. The remaining chapters will include detailed scene examination of groupthink factors that combine to make this interpersonal phenomenon. All the men settle down, as the "forming stage" begins with a consensus that this case has been pre-decided as a guilty verdict. Most men in the room mutually agree into the group process of the "storming stage". During the dialogue, the jurors began to take roles as a unanimous vote must be completed before returning. Nearly

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    12 Angry Men is a film that plays on the psychological mind, and highlights many features of Organizational Behavior. As the jury of 12 men convene in a locked room to decide the future, or lack thereof, of a young boy accused of murdering his father, they illustrate movement through the four stages of Bruce Tuckman’s Group Development Model of Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing. Along with this model, the movie portrays the difficulties and cohesiveness that 12 different men experience

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    12 Angry Men is a film that plays on show many features of Organizational Behavior. The jurors of 12 men are locked in a room to deciding the future boy who is being accused of murdering his father; the movies show the four stages of Bruce Tuckman’s Group Development Model of Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing. With this model, the movie also show difficulties and cohesiveness that the 12 different men experience as they must come together to make a single decision. While attempting to make

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    Important Details Throughout this play called 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose, there is the theme of attention to details can be important. The juror that shows this theme the most throughout the play is juror number 8. In Act 2 Juror 8 goes to question the old man’s testimony concluding that it would of been nearly impossible for the old man to of heard the body hit the floor and what the boy had said “An el takes ten seconds to pass a given point or two seconds per car. That el had been going

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    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. This jury of 12 was made up of men who have different backgrounds and

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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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