Verdict

Every member in a group takes on a specific role, whether it be positive or negative, that provides a special function in the group dynamic. In 1948, Benne and Sheats, in their acclaimed essay, listed various group roles that may occur during group communication and sorted them into three categories; group task roles, group maintenance roles, and self-centered roles. These roles each have a different motive that help to either lead or derail the group from their common goal. In the classic movie…

Plato’s Apology tells the tale of Socrates’ defense, counterproposal, and death sentence in front of a jury of approximately 500 Athenian citizens. Plato’s Crito is named after a wealthy friend of Socrates who the philosopher invokes during his defense as an example of one of the men present in the jury who had enough exposure to his teachings, whether directly or through relatives, to have grounds to testify as a witness against Socrates if indeed his teachings were corrupting the young. An…

The play “Twelve Angry Men” displays an interesting story with compelling characters. This play plays with your mind on about who’s right and wrong. The case tricks the Juror's mind if the boy is even guilty at all. This starts a huge drama story with a few cases of confusion . The “Hero” of the play or the person who convinced every Juror that the boy was Not-guilty is Juror Eight. Juror Eight is the hero of the play because of him convincing the other juror’s that the evidence was false and…

Twelve Angry Men “It's not so easy for me to raise my hand and send the boy off to die. Without talking about it first.”(Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose.) If someone's life is in your hands how would you react? Would you take the situation seriously?The Twelve Angry Men will give you an insight of how being on a jury really is like. Many may think that it's not that hard to agree on something , but the fact is that it can be very difficult. Let's discuss how one man's life was in the…

A characters personality involves with mainly their body language and attitudes, which creates the conflicts of prejudiced overtime. According to the play “Twelve Angry Men” all jurors encounters a huge factor of prejudice throughout the storyline. In addition, The 3rd Juror reveals many hidden prejudices by becoming very intolerant and stubborn by the other juror’s opinion. In the play, Juror #3 appeared as a businessman who seemed to be an antagonist who suppose that all evidence that are…

Juror #8 In the play “Twelve Angry Men” the Juror No.8 was a very important character, without him there would not have been any conflict and the young boy would have been executed without a proper trial. An Architect by profession, he stood out from the rest of jurors. He had the gift for intuitive thinking, understanding complex human relationships and inspiring others. He believed in trial-by-jury system and did his best to have the necessary procedures to come up with a fair outcome. His…

In “12 angry men”, 12 jurors were asked to convict a kid for killing his dad or let him go free. There was many evidences to show the kid was guilty, but juror # 6 was able to debunk every single evidence. I am positive the jurors made a mistake about making fictional reasons to every clue they receive. I believe this kid is guilty for killing his dad and there’s many evidences to prove that. First, someone heard the kid saying “I’m gonna kill you” from upstairs. Then when the old man came…

Certainty vs. Doubt In “Twelve Angry Men”, 12 jurors are given the tough task to determine if an 18 year old boy is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. A variety of personalities are present at the table as the men discuss the boy’s future. After the jurors cast their vote, it is evident that one juror, juror #8, is the only one who voted not guilty. When asked why he thinks he’s innocent, he simply says, “I don’t know.” (12) This idea of doubt is exactly what drives the long argument…

The play "12 Angry Men" by Reginald Rose is an all-time American classic. The play is about a jury set to decide the fate of a teenager who allegedly stabbed his father to death. These 12 men have this young man's life in their hands and things get heated quickly when not everyone agrees that the boy is guilty. The predominant theme of the play is prejudice, defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as "an adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge.'"…

In his play Twelve Angry Men, Reginald Rose brings us back in time to 1957, to a jury room of a New York Court of Law where one man, Juror #8, confronts the rest of the jury to look at a homicide case without prejudice, and ultimately convinces Juror #2, a very soft-spoken man who at first had little say in the deliberation. Throughout the play, several jurors give convincing arguments that make one think about whether the boy is “guilty” or “not guilty.” Ultimately, one is convinced by ethos,…