12 Angry Men PDF

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12 Angry Men

Dear users, today we are going to provide the 12 Angry Men PDF for all of you. Twelve Angry Men is an American courtroom drama. It was written by Reginald Rose. He was an American film and television writer, most widely known for his work in the early years of television drama. Reginald Rose was born on December 10, 1920, and died on April 19, 2002.

12 Angry Men was adapted for a film of the same name. which was directed by Sidney Lumet and released in 1957. Reginald Rose wrote about controversial social and political issues. His realistic approach was particularly influential in the anthology programs of the 1950s. 12 Angry Men was broadcast initially as a television play in 1954.

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• The play is set in a New York City Court of Law jury room in 1957. The play opens in the empty jury room, and the Judge’s voice is heard, giving a set of final instructions to the jurors.
• We learn that this is a murder case and that, if found guilty, the mandatory sentence for the accused is the death penalty. After these instructions, the jurors enter.
• The men file in and decide to take a short break before deliberating. They complain that the room is hot and without air-conditioning; even the fan doesn’t work.
• All the jurors presume the obvious guilt of the defendant, whom we learn has been accused of killing his father. Eventually, the twelve sit down and a vote is taken. All of the jurors vote “guilty,” except for the 8th Juror, who votes “not guilty,” which, due to the requirement of a unanimous jury, forces them to discuss the case.
• The jurors react violently against this dissenting vote. Ultimately, they decide to go around the table, explaining why they believe the boy to be guilty, in hopes of convincing the 8th Juror.
• Through this discussion, we learn the following facts about the case: an old man living beneath the boy and his father testified that he heard upstairs a fight, the boy shouting, “I’m gonna kill you,” a body hitting the ground, and then he saw the boy running down the stairs.
• The boy claimed he had been at the movies while his father was murdered, but couldn’t remember the name of the movies or who was in them.
• A woman living across the street testified that she saw the boy kill his father through the windows of a passing elevated train.
• The boy had, that night, had an argument with his father, which resulted in the boy’s father hitting him twice. Finally, the boy has an extensive list of prior offences, including trying to slash another teenager with a knife.

12 Angry Men Analysis PDF

• The movie Twelve Angry Men begins with an eighteen-year-old boy from the ghetto who is on trial for the murder of his abusive father.
• A jury of twelve men is locked in the deliberation room to decide the fate of the young boy. All evidence is against the boy and a guilty verdict would send him to die in the electric chair.
• The judge informs the jurors that they are faced with a grave decision and that the court would not entertain any acts of mercy for the boy if found guilty.
• Even before the deliberation talks begin it is apparent most of the men are certain the boy is guilty.
• However, when the initial poll is taken Juror #8 (Henry Fonda) registers a shocking “not guilty” vote; Immediately the room is in an uproar.
• The rest of the jury resents the inconvenience of his decision. After questioning his sanity they hastily decide to humour juror #8 (Henry Fonda) by agreeing to discuss the trial for one hour.
• Eventually, as the talks proceed juror #8 slowly undermines their confidence by saying that the murder weapon is widely available to anyone and that the testimony of the key witness is suspect.
• Gradually they are won over by his arguments and even the most narrow-minded of his fellow jurors hesitantly agree with him. Their verdict is now solid not guilty.
• Arriving at a unanimous not-guilty verdict does not come easily. The jury encounters many difficulties in learning to communicate and deal with each other.
• What seems to be a decisive guilty verdict as deliberations begin, slowly becomes a questionable “not sure”. Although the movie deals with issues relating to the process of effective communication this paper will focus on two reasons why they encounter difficulties and how they overcome them.
• First, we will apply the Johari grid theory and see how it applies to their situation.
• Then, we will see how each individual’s frame of reference and prejudices affect their perception which causes difficulties in the communication process.

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