12 Angry Men This movie shows and displays many social psychological events. In the beginning we see the jury of twelve men which would normally lead to a groupthink phenomenon. Group think is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people that show a desire for harmony and conformity within the group. (Myers p. 291) Which would result in an incorrect decision making and wrong outcome‚ and the incorrect decision would be the life of the boy. In the movie we see eleven jurors
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12 Angry Men: Influence of Surroundings Kevin Mark Coons Jr COMS 1301 17 July 2015 Professor Mark Cole 12 Angry Men: Influence of Surroundings Introduction The ability to influence or persuade others into the outcome of others lives is one which is presented in "12 Angry Men." In this film‚ there is a display of how the beliefs and decisions of others create a specific effect on the outcome of others lives. This analysis shows the relationship to group thinking in a given circumstance while displaying
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Reflection on 12 Angry Men When the scene is introduced‚ the twelve men are discussing how to sentence someone who may have committed murder in the first degree. However‚ we quickly realize that all of the men have different things going through their mind and even more complicated ways of expressing them. Jack Warden is a baseball enthusiast who has no regard for other people’s opinions or Henry Fonda asking the jurors to discuss what occurred. He lacks emotional self-perception which can be
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Twelve Angry Men CHARACTERS FOREMAN: A small‚ petty man who is impressed with the authority he has and handles himself quite formally. Not overly bright‚ but dogged. JUROR NO. 2: A meek‚ hesitant man who finds it difficult to maintain any opinions of his own. Easily swayed and usually adopts the opinion of the last person to whom he has spoken. JUROR NO. 3: A very strong‚ very forceful‚ extremely opinionated man within whom can be detected a streak of sadism. He is a humorless man who is intolerant
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Twelve Angry Men exposes the weaknesses of the jury system as well as its strengths – The Jurors within Twelve Angry Men portray individual aspects of a 1950s American culture‚ all with their own take on the American Jury system. The closed minded‚ sheep like attitudes of the Jurors illustrates the McCathic mentality of the public which directly reflects the weaknesses within the American Jury system. Though flawed in many aspects one juror displays the key strength in the American justice system
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12 Angry Men A persons surroundings can influence him. In "12 Angry Men" by Reginald Rose a young mans life is held by twelve men with contrasing views. Eight a caring man‚ who wishes to talk about why the other jurors think that the boy is guilty‚ clashes with Three‚ a sadistic man who would pull the swith himselfto end the boys life. Accroding to Rose‚ several elements can infulence a jury’s verdict‚ such as the emotional make-up of individual jurors. Many elements can change a jurors decision
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Twelve Angry Men presents the pessimistic view that all humans are flawed. Pessimistic- cynical‚ distrustful‚ negative‚ doubtful‚ suspicious‚ unenthusiastic Flawed- imperfections‚ weak‚ faulty‚ unlawful‚ inaccurate‚ fallacious‚ unfair Notes Weaknesses of the Jurors Foreman goes with the majority vote rather than independently forming his own judgement Juror 10 stereotypes all immigrants. Offensive remarks eventually lead to the other jurors turning their backs on him and he finally reflects
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The 1957 film Twelve Angry Men serves as an excellent example demonstrating sources of power and influence tactics in leadership. At the start‚ the Foreman of the Jury sits at the head of the table and assigns each juror a number. He is using a legitimate source of power because he holds the position title and serves as a formal authoritative figure for the jury. The Foreman also facilitates the initial voting and discussion on the reasons why each jury member felt that way. The jury was almost unanimous
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Twelve Angry Men 1.How do you think you might have acted as a juror in this case ? How would you had interacted ? I think i would have started off with being calm but stressed i mean I would probably feel very burdened‚ because just by choosing one option you can change someones life. And as fas as interacting goes i would be casual but if something unexpected happens and i do have an outburst then it happens every one loses it at some point. 2.At the beginning of this movie the jurors
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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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