Analysis Of Twelve Angry Men

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Reginald Rose wrote “Twelve Angry Men” in 1957. Reginald wrote "Twelve Angry Men" because he was interested with the idea of the events and opinions that happen in the jury room. He wrote this play to capture the combination of seriousness, nervousness, privately and thoughtfulness of the deliberations (Yahoo, 2014). “Twelve Angry Men” is a play about twelve jurors in a jury room; the purpose was to find out whether the guy who is accused for killing his father is guilty or not guilty. “Twelve Angry Men” has many themes; the author is trying to give a message in the play that reflects on real life. The five main themes are prejudice gets in the way of the truth, Getting to the bottom of a complex issue takes time and effort, civility will encourage your opponents to keep listening to you, details can be important, and check your intuitions.
Prejudice gets in the way of the truth; most of the jurors in the beginning were completely against the boy because of their pre-thought-out ideas of him. In the beginning after only five minutes consideration they pleaded him guilty, without taking into consideration the facts that might prove his innocence. They only paid attention to his past experiences and not who he is in the present. Most of the characters in Twelve Angry Men are influenced by their past experiences, Juror 3 and 10 are the most prejudiced people in the play. Juror 10 showed his thought about people who live in slums, he said that they are completely different as they are from another planet. "They are different. They think different. They act different", "They don't need any big excuse to kill someone." (Pg. 55-56). Racism is the biggest life example for prejudice, because people pre-judge a whole people based on the p...

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... person; he sees all sides of every question and constantly seeks the truth. He is looking for justice, he believes that the boy is not guilty, and he made all the jurors agree with him. He was trying to make them think and analyze every single point. “I’m not trying to change your mind, it’s just that we are talking about someone’s life here” (pg.). Juror number eight was very patient he didn’t yell or scream; on the contrary he was very clam. He made people listen to him. But when juror number three screamed and yells, no one listened to him and took his word seriously. Within the real world, respect is often gained through courtesy as well as being civil. The respect gained through these methods also result in a bond formed between both people involved, such as sharing and influencing their points of views.

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