The Importance Of Characters In Twelve Angry Men

Different personalities have different effects on situations. Sometimes, you have to dig deeper into someone’s personalities to understand their places. In the film Twelve Angry Men, by Reginald Rose, twelve jurors come together and their different personalities create the whole story. The nature of each character had a different effect on the story. There are ways to simplify personalities by symbolizing them. In Diagram #1, Juror #12 is distant, Juror #8 is in the center, and Juror #3 is inside of Juror #8. These characters have unique dispositions, which creates their exact placement on the diagram. Not only does their placement describe them, but their shapes do too: each shape has certain qualities to represent them. In simple terms, Juror

He is a logical figure who likes to question and seek the truth. His shape happens to be the largest on the diagram, because if it weren’t for his vote in the beginning, the defendant would have been executed. He was brave and voted against the majority, then explained his reasonable doubt and said, “I don't know whether I believe it or not. Maybe I don't” (Lumet). He is represented as a circle on the diagram because he made sure to continuously push reasonable doubt onto the others. For example Juror #8 had observed Juror #3’s discrimination against the boy, and later heard him side with someone of the same kinds. He questioned Juror #3’s viewpoint and said, “I'd like to ask you something. How come you believed her? She's one of "them" too, isn't she?” (Lumet). His color is a soft purple because he calmly explained how someone’s belief could possibly be incorrect, even while they were fired up. In one scene, no one believed him that the witnesses’ accounts weren’t possible until he articulately described the time frames. He even went to the extent of drawing it and testing it himself. Lastly, his shape has no border because he explained all of his thoughts unmistakably. He got down to the core of every question he came across and never kept anything to himself. Overall, his powerfully driving qualities placed him in the center of the diagram, exactly where he