Look over the items in the matrix (they all occur in the movie, along with others) before watching the movie, and reacquaint yourselves with the unfamiliar ones. Define each term before we begin watching the movie. Grading Rubric for the 12 Angry Men Paper Student: ____________________________________ Criteria for Grading | Maximum Points | Your Points | Description of psychological theme | 20 | | Relating movie to psychological phenomena | 20 | | Variety of psychological phenomena
that the boy is guilty. Encouraged by the questions raised in the beginning, he wants to debate about unresolved matters. He raises concerns that there is no possibility to prove the innocence of the defendant, and there is the change to free guilty men. Due to limited resources, he decides that it would be a greater loss to sentence an innocent to death than releasing a murderer. His decision process is based on the prospect theory. Juror 5 sympathizes with the defendant from the beginning. He
He makes this very personal for him and does everything he can to convince the other men that, this kid is guilty. Armin Muller-Stahl (#4) was very educated and always knew what he was talking about! He was continually bringing up more evidence that which lead to more conflicts. He was judgmental and said, “ people who grew up in slums [which this young man did] are trash. Which leads to why Dorian Harewood (#5) was such an easily offended character. After Armin said what he did Dorian understood
use of a switchblade knife, the possibility to see through a passing train and the ability of a handicapped elderly man to run from his bedroom to the locked front door, open it and see the escaping boy in 15 seconds. The dialogue in the film, 12 Angry Men demonstrated persuasion, arguments, counterarguments, facts, information, and displays the many ways that the
However you decide your verdict must be unanimous.” (Rose, 1957) This is important to know because there is talk throughout the movie that if this jury is hung, he would be most certainly found guilty by another jury. The rest of the movie deals with issues such as motive. Did the boy really want to kill his father? With a history of abuse at the hand of his father, it would seem only logical that resentment is built in the mind of the boy. Combined with the testimony of the neighbor and that
The old man from down stairs had his window open so he wouldn’t be able to hear what was going on upstairs as he claimed he did. Then the man from downstairs also said the young man stabbed his father and ran out of the house. When the old man ran after the boy he said it took him fifteen seconds. Juror number eight thought about comparing the difference between an older man running and a young man running because he felt the old man was lying. So when they re-acted the whole the found out
This is seen through juror 3 who has a young son about the age of the defendant. From the play, it is obvious that the relationship between him and his son is a violent one with him vowing to “make a man outta you or… bust you in half trying” (p.g 12) and the relationship ends with “a
ultimately decide the fate of the defendant. In Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose, the play begins in a diminutive jury room where twelve jurors are to determine the guilt or innocence of an African-American teenager who is charged with first-degree murder. The judge begins the play stating that the jury’s task is not to be taken lightly, and a guilty verdict will result in death by the electric chair. The power given to twelve ordinary men is colossal – it is literally life and death – and they
Stated facts of the case again and boy’s story -this dude stated his position of guilty but followed up with facts…he was not interested in forming alliances (rejected MSO † “he did an excellent job”). HF questioned him about what he did the previous nights…could remember what movie he saw on Monday…realized that its possible for boy not to remember what movie he saw during emotional stress bit about the woman = “unshakable testimony” Idea of time limit † hung jury at 7:00 † rules of the
represent humanity, reason and justice. Additionally, the adverse opposition Juror 8 initially receives does not appear to be something that phases him in the slightest. In fact, only once does Juror 8 appear to become angered when Juror 10 and Juror 12 play tic-tac-toe. This illustrates the views of some of the Juror’s not taking the jury seriously, and their unwillingness to consider the real possibilities whilst being led to believe what allegedly happened through evidence. Juror 8 is in fact the
to group pressure when these are contrary to fact." (Asch, 1952, p. 451). In Asch’s experiment no subjects disregarded group judgments (Asch, 1952, p. 461) and 33.2% of the subjects yielded to group pressure (Asch, 1952, p. 457). In the movie 12 Angry Men everybody but juror no. 8 yields to group pressure. The reason for larger portion of yielding people may be that in Asch’s experiment the subjects were asked to make a very obvious judgment. The question which is to be solved from the jurors is
There were several examples of non-verbal communication that were quite meaningful. After aggressively accusing Juror #5 of changing his vote based on his bias towards people from slums, Juror #3 made a face of incredible surprise when it was Juror #7 who admitted to the change. It was extremely rude when Juror #7 got up and walked to the men’s room when Juror # 9 was defending his reason for supporting Juror #8’s uncertainty of guilt. Profuse sweating, jacket removal, and face wiping articulated
Oh- also lastly, I think we can infer that the movie takes place in Manhattan, New York City. Which jurors are from which boroughs is easily obvious and yet I'm hesitant to say that the defendant could be from any of them- slums were persistent in those times. Concerning the characterization of the cast and their conflicts with each other, the movie holds true to the play's guidelines. For the most part, each character I saw in the movie matched up with the picture my mind's eye had painted whilst
The first alliance is at the beginning after everyone but juror 8 voted guilty. Juror 9 steps in and gives him a chance to explain why he doesn't find the boy guilty. This juror didn't get offended or ignorant to what juror 8 had to say. As the day goes by, jurors 3,7 and 10 make an alliance that would eventually change as more and more thoughts are said. During their whole dispute, they come up with different ways to settle arguments, including going around the table and giving each person a
first stage that is of forming members feel much uncertainty. This uncertainty was evident up until the first vote when all the jurors were trying to get to know each other and trying to ascertain how the others felt about the case. For example, the angry man who ran a messenger service had first interacted with the timid bank clerk and had expressed his frustration over how the lawyers would keep on talking and talking on an “open and sure case like this”. There was an air of uncertainty even when
The architect knew that, in the United States of America, a man is innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Now, if there is a reasonable doubt then he shouldn’t be accused guilty. And Davis had a reasonable doubt that kept him from voting guilty. The evidence wasn’t perfect and he wanted to review everything for a while before sending a kid to the electric chair. He used this method to influence juror number nine, the old man, especially. Once the old man was on his side, they
2.2.3 The accused Alibi: He claimed to have left home at around 11.30 and got home at around 3 am in which that time claims to have seen a movie marathon but could not remember which ones he had seen. Nevertheless, later in Court when on the stand he could remember. 2.3 Key Turning Points 1. The Producing of the Knife: Jury The number 3 brings forward the knife issue. In addition, basis his first assumptions of guilt around the knife. Juror number 8 requests that the knife be brought into
That states the women couldn’t possibly have seen the boys without her glasses. Juror #5- He is from the projects. He gets offense when the rest of the guys talked bad about the people in the projects. He voted guilty at the beginning. But after analyzing the evidence and explaining how you correctly use the knife the boys has, he then realize that the boy is innocent. Juror #6- He starts by looking for a motive at the beginning trying to find a reason why to boy would kill his father. He wants
opinions hoping to quash them quickly before they pollute his own flawless opinion and doubt has a chance to creep into the dark crevices of his mind. For instance, when juror eight surprises the group with a second knife, juror three is already angry, too angry. His voice rises and shakes with an animal-like ferocity. “You pulled a real bright trick here. Now supposing you tell us what you proved here. Maybe there are ten knives like that one. So what?” Not thinking that this put a dent in his case
On the gloves, traces of Nicole and Ron’s blood were found (Jones). Along with the gloves, a pair of size 12 Bruno Magli shoes made bloody footprints that lead from the back of Nicole’s condominium (Jones). Despite this, O.J. denied ever owning a pair. O.J. had ended up with cuts on his left hand that were most likely caused by the struggle between Ron Goldman and O.J. (Gleick). Regardless of the fact that the evidence that was against O.J. Simpson, he still claimed to be hitting golf balls off in
was the first to vote not guilty was separated from the strong attitudes of the eleven other jurors who used their personal issues to make a judgement on the accused without examining the evidence before they had made a decision. These twelve diverse men who are forced to stay in a heated room for a period of time which adds great tension amongst all of them will need to prove the innocence or guilt of a young man who could be looking at capital punishment. The twelve jurors who reveal their weaknesses
These jurors have learned to forget their pre-determined stands, their outside life, and have overcome their ethical dilemmas by growing accordingly and morally. Although, these characteristics were not immediately apparent; some were obtained through a course of arguments, rationalizations, and realizations that made this deliberation a difficult journey for some of these jurors. Two characters that exhibited the most ethical and moral growth were Jurors #3 and #10. Juror #10 came into the room
At one point, he tells the other jurors about an argument between him and his son. Juror 3 and his son had an argument which made his son run away. When his son returned to apologize, Juror 3 hit him for leaving the first time thus leading him to run away once more. He has not seen his son in two years and this has left him somewhat bitter inside. His anger toward his supposed ungrateful son is projected toward the young man on trial. Juror 3 has no concern for the life of the defendant. He makes
His observation of the old man witness demonstrates his own experience as an old man who has never been recognised until he was called to participate in a jury. This is affirmed when he says: “I think I know him better than anyone here. This is a quiet old man…newspapers.”(Act 1 page 27) The wisdom of the 9th juror which has developed over the years through his experiences in life grants him insight which aids not only himself but some of the other jurors’ to come to terms with the innocence of the
He appreciates reasonable doubt for what it is, “a safeguard which has enormous value in our system.” Initially the defendant wasn’t getting a fair trial but the jurors had another vote because “it’s not easy to send a boy off to die without talking about it first.” Despite hearing the old man’s testimony the 5th juror changed his mind because he believes “witnesses can make mistakes,” and the 2nd juror changed his vote as well because he believes that there is “a lot of details that never came out
Although many may think that the Angry Black Woman is a white supremacist myth, they are wrong. In fact, it is a regularly revived and recreated perception in the Black community. The anger black women have is something that ignites strong feelings among black women. The idea of the angry woman is particularly recreated by African-American men who have an interest in displaying Black woman as emasculating or overbearing or angry as a means of basically controlling. Preconceived ideas of black
immediate result? Angry Birds jumped almost overnight from number 600, to number one in Apple’s App Store. By April, Angry Birds was also the number one app in the US too. Since its initial launch on Apple devices only, Rovio has since developed Angry Birds for a multitude of other devices – such as Android handsets and the iPad. Result Angry Birds has seen a combined total of more than 200 million downloads across all platforms since its 2009 launch. On Apple devices Angry Birds lite has so
The officers thought that Rodney King was on the drug PCP, and they tased him twice but he resisted. After putting him down, they beat him with their nightsticks. Rodney King made some bad decisions that night; however, the police were overly brutal and the beating was uncalled for. The jury of this case played a major role in the controversy of this case. Originally, the trial was supposed to be held in Los Angeles County; however, they moved it to Ventura County because they were afraid that the
This also stops him from carrying out justice and stopping an innocent life from being taken away. It is only by the end of the play when he feels he has no other choice but to change his vote to 'not guilty' as he sees his opinion is wrong and has reasonable doubt. He then becomes more open minded and this is the trait one particular Juror has had throughout the entirety of the play. Juror 8 puts himself in the boys shoes and sheds light onto different ways in which things can be portrayed therefore
and tens thousands of mobiles games providing for customers. There are also other games attracting customers. It is unavoidable that the competition among developers. Moreover, many developers copied the idea of Angry Birds and developed many similar mobile games like Angry Birds. If Angry Birds cannot develop new ideas in the future, it will be replaced by its rivals fast and easily. 3.5 Intensity of rivalry among competitors It is no doubt that the intensity of rivalry among competitors is very