The Importance Of Stereotypes In 12 Angry Men

People tend to base characteristics and personalities of people pretty quickly. Most people base their opinions on stereotypes. Reginald Rose and his play “12 Angry Men” demonstrate how people are quick to judge other people based on looks. In the movie all twelve jurors must decide if a young boy is guilty or innocent. At the beginning of the movie/play-write, only one juror, juror eight, decides the boy is innocent. Based on the evidence gathered from the case everyone agrees the boy is innocent except one man, juror three. He eventually breaks down and tells the truth. The viewers can tell that this movie/play is full of emotions. Each of these emotions can be described as something more than what comes to the eye.
Juror number twelve can’t decide what side he is on, so arrows going back and forth would fit his personality. He tends to go with the crowd and doesn’t have much to say; hence, the diagram above shows the arrows are smaller than the other two shapes. At the beginning, he was not taking the case

This is why in the diagram at the top he is demonstrated as a rainbow. At the beginning of the movie, juror number eight is the only one who pleads not guilty. He says he wants to dig deeper in the facts. “Okay, let's get to the facts.” (12 Angry Men). He begins to persuade multiple people that the boy is innocent. With all the evidence gathered, juror number three is the only person who pleads guilty. Through the movie number eight tends to break down number three with each piece of real evidence even calling him a sadist. With everyone on his side most of them are now trying to convince number three he is wrong mainly number eight. This is why he is a rainbow, he gathers everyone together to make a bright rainbow. The reason the shape is larger is because he is such a big character. If he voted guilty the would be no plot to the whole