12 Angry Men Essay

The fourth fallacy in Twelve Angry Men is Poisoning the Well which translates to Ad Auditorium in latin. Poisoning the Well fallacy is when you make a statement that already shuts down any argument that your opponent might bring up The character in Twelve Angry Men that used this fallacy was The Yankee. The Yankee said “You can’t change my mind if you talked for 100 years” By The Yankee saying this he committed a Poisoning the Well fallacy because he is saying that no matter what anyone in the…

The Purpose Behind “Twelve Angry Men” The purpose behind the play “Twelve Angry Men” is to address the realities of what happens on a jury behind closed doors. The author, Reginald Rose, wants readers and viewers to realize being on a jury is not easy and requires careful thinking throughout the decision-making process. Each jury member represents the types of people that serve on an actual jury. Rose does not want to sugar coat the true actions that occur when serving along with strangers.…

Henry Fonda Henry Fonda is playing the role of Davis (8th juror) and is the leading actor in the movie. By profession he is an architect but appears as the first dissenter in the jury who was of the view that the accused is not guilty of the murder and there exists a reasonable doubt in the matter. Basically, he is being presented as a protagonist in the movie. Lee J. Cobb Lee J. Cobb (3rd juror) is an antagonist in the movie. He is a businessman and a distraught father opinionated and…

Epilogue That son of a bitch killed me! He really did it. After all I done for the little brat. Even after all the evidence they had on the kid, they fooled themselves into think he is innocent. Every stupid juror was clueless, especially juror 8. The only person on that jury that could see clearly was the 3rd juror. Now my son is going to grow up as the new Al Capone, the biggest and the baddest person on the block. He is going to disgrace my good name. Even after I tried to raise him up good,…

Based on the play we wrote, you can tell the differences to each characters personality. Each character has a fact based side, but also have their own personal characteristics thrown into the mix. Juror Eight is against the death penalty, being calm and open minded to both sides. Unlike Eight, Juror Three is for the Death Penalty. He is very rude, stubborn, and close minded to both sides of the argument. Juror Three not open to other’s ideas, short tempered, and insolent. Firstly, when juror 5…

Civility will encourage your opponents to keep listening to you. The play Twelve Angry Men shows that civility is important. By the end of the play, the jurors were willing to listen to the people who were the most rational. Juror 8 calmly took the others' ideas into account, which swayed the jury to favor not guilty. At first, the jury thinks the boy is guilty, but Juror 8 used relaxed tactics to change their minds. One of the last jurors to change his mind was Juror 3. In the beginning, he…

I am juror number three from the murder trial. I am writing to you so you can hear our reason on why we decided not guilty. I think the boy was not guilty. I think the boy was not guilty because there was no official evidence. The witness statements were not accurate. The first reason why I and the others voted not guilty because the witness didn’t give us good evidence. For example we had a witness who stated that he heard the killing take place. “The old man heard the boy scream, I’m…

‘Only when these gunmen have been caught,’ said Josep. Eventually, after men in the audience had stopped the gunmen, the three constables along with re-enforcements reappeared. They arrested the four gunmen and dragged them off, presumably to some place of detention. By then, apart from a few stragglers and some so terrified they had stayed fixed to the spot, the auditorium was empty. The band and the actors had stayed on the stage during the commotion. The last thing they needed was to affect…

The Crucible and 12 Angry Men are two plays that expressed the same theme of justice differently throughout each play. From their differing time periods and setting, both plays explore the justice system within society and the role people play within the system. Both 12 Angry Men and The Crucible have similarities, both plays have main characters that are attempting to right wrongs that they see being committed in their respected plays. Once the authors introduced the characters to us they then…

In the film, 12 Angry Men, twelve disgruntled, sweat-covered jurymen are debating the verdict of a murder case. The audience gets unique insight into the deliberation of an emotionally-charged case. A young boy is accused of murdering his abusive father in their apartment and then fleeing the scene. The jury raises vital questions about the case that will ultimately form their decision. They must agree unanimously to either acquit the boy of his father’s murder or to send him to the electric…