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    the law of their civil rights‚ without discrimination. Justice is one of the great concerns of humankind. It is something for which people over centuries have been willing to struggle and even die. Examples of Justice are novels 12 Angry Men and The Green Mile. 12 Angry Men is a novel written by Reginald Rose in 1955. The story takes place in 1957 in the jury-room of a New York Court of Law. It is about a young delinquent who is on trial for the murder of his aggressive farther. Eleven jurors are

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    the characters in twelve angry men are influenced by their past experiences. I think that most of them do but the handfuls of jurors choose to have equality in the way they go through with their thought process. The main characters that show their prejudices are juror 10 and 3 but we also see the little prejudices the other jurors have‚ for example juror 5 and juror 4. There are also some characters in the court room that look to keep things equal and keep their prejudices out of their choice making

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    Prejudice can be quite a heavy influence on a person’s decision making. In reality some people believe what they hear‚ so then once they hear it they start to act upon in. For example‚ if someone says‚ “All muslims are terrorists‚” then the people who herd see some of muslim culture and will automatically think “oh hey they’re probably terrorists.” Another example is in the play 12 Angry Men when they all just assumed the boy was guilty‚ even though they didn’t have all the information right on the

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    that Reginald Rose demonstrates in 12 Angry Men the most important one being that prejudice constantly affects the truth and peoples judgement. As the jurors argue between themselves as to whether a young boy is guilty of stabbing his father it is shown that “It’s very hard to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this.” This is most evident in the way juror #3 and juror #10 come to their decision that the young man is guilty as they bring in there prejudice against young people and people from

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    that kid‚ knowing what he is. Listen‚ I’ve lived among ’em all my life. You can’t believe a word they say. I mean‚ they’re born liars.’ (P.8) .The kids who crawl outa those places are real trash. I don’t want any part of them‚ I’m telling you (p.12) . ’Let’s talk facts. These people are born to lie’ ... ’I’ve known some who were OK‚ but that’s the exception’ (pp.51-52) . ’They’re violent‚ they’re vicious‚ they’re ignorant‚ and they will cut us up’ (p.53) The one instance where 10th juror

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    1. Out of the 12 jurors‚ juror number 10‚4‚ and 3 displayed some form of prejudice. Juror number 10 was the man that displayed his prejudice openly stating that “they” shouldn’t be trusted. He already had a view of the Turks from the time he "lived among them”. Another Juror that displayed prejudice is juror number 4. Juror number 4 was the stock broker. His prejudice was displayed when the group briefly talked about the slums and the people that come out of them. During this discussion he shows

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    Sac: English Unit 3‚ Outcome 1 Topic 2: In Twelve Angry Mendoes Reginald Rose reassure or undermine the audience’s faith in the jury system as a means of achieving justice? The 1950’s is a period recognised through history for many different aspects‚ both positive and negative. In Reginald Rose’s play‚ Twelve Angry Men‚ the flaws in the judicial system are depicted throughout examples of: discrimination against race‚ personal prejudice‚ peer pressure and reasonable doubt. These factors are

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    Dear Mr. Reginald Rose‚ After viewing and reading the various versions of your play‚ 12 Angry Men‚ I believe that there is room to state that it is a ‘timeless’ play. After being written in 1955‚ it was re-created at least a further three times at different stages in history with extremely minor differences. The attention to detail that you have included in 12 Angry Men makes your play timeless. Through the themes‚ characters‚ language and structure of the play‚ viewers and or readers are able

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    Movie Review: How Prejudice Impacts our Legal System Kristy Stankiewicz Dr. Keary Rouff University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Prejudice is an unfavorable or favorable “opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge‚ thought or reason” (Prejudice‚ 2013) and although times have changed as people become more accepting in terms of race‚ same sex marriage‚ or gender‚ there appears to be more prejudice in today’s society. Ultimately‚ prejudice is unavoidable in many people

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    Theme of Prejudice in the Film 12 Angry Men By Brendan O’Regan St Kevin’s CBS Arklow Anyone doing the treating the issue of prejudice in R.E. class will find 12 Angry Men a valuable resource‚ though there isn’t any overt faith element. I find using individual short scenes to be the best approach – time to show and discuss within one class period. I have chosen what I consider to be five key scenes that illustrate the theme effectively – even to do three of them would provide a week’s work. In

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