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Twelve Angry Men Flashcards

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Theme: Justice
Explanation: The foreman makes it clear that the jurors have a moral duty to make decisions with integrity.

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“It now becomes your duty to try andseparate the facts from the fancy.”

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Theme: Prejudice/past experiences
Explanation: The 10th Juror he claims he knows everything about the minority groups solely based on his past experience.

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“Listen, I’ve lived among ’em all my life…they’re born liars.”

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Theme: Prejudice
Explanation: Juror 4 believes that many criminals are born from slums, thus bc the boy is from a slum, he should be a criminal too.

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“Slums are breeding grounds for criminals”

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Theme: Justice
Explanation: Juror 8 asserts that Juror 3 has sinister motives for convicting the boy as guilty.

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“You want to see this boy die because you personally want it, not because of the facts.”

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Theme: Justice/Bias
Explanation: Juror 11 upholds his integrity, reminds the other jurors to do the same, not fight to reach a verdict, and remain unbiased.

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“Pardon.This fighting.This is not why we are here, to fight. We have nothing to gain or lose by our verdict.This is one of the reasons we are strong.We should not make it a personal thing.

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Theme: Symbolism
Explanation: This stage direction represents how the jurors are perhaps blinded by prejudices and tensions.

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“It is now darker than before” (stage directions)

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Theme: Prejudice
Explanation: Juror 5 combats 7’s prejudice by criticising his arrogance towards Juror 11 being foreign.

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“You mean you’re calling him arrogant because he wasn’t born here? Well, I’m calling you arrogant because you were.”

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Theme: Prejudice
Explanation: Juror 7 defends himself by threatening Juror 11.

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“I’ll knock his goddamn Middle European head off.”

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Theme: Justice
Explanation: Juror 11 reminds 7 that he is demonstrating foul play in the Juror room.

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“You have no right to play like this with a man’s life. This is a terrible and ugly thing to do. Don’t you care . . . ?”

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Theme: Justice/integrity
Explanation: Juror 11 calls out 7 for voting for the sake of it rather than what he believes in.

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“And if you think he’s guilty, then vote that way, or don’t you have the guts to do what
you think is right?”

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Theme: Prejudice
Explanation: The 10th Juror dehumanises the minority and gives them animalistic features.

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“They breed like animals”

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Theme: Prejudice
Explanation: The 10th Juror dehumanises the minority and claims they are a threat to their own existence.

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These people are multiplying…They’re gonna breed us out of existence.”

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Theme: Prejudice
Explanation: Prejudice is blinding and can inhibit an individual from making unbiased decisions and claims.

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“prejudice obscures the truth.”

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Theme: Fatherhood
Explanation: Juror 8 and 4 tell 3 to not seek revenge on his own son and treat this boy as someone else who deserves to live.

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“It’s not your boy. He’s somebody else…Let him live.”

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Theme: Unity/forgiveness
Explanation: The 8th Juror is forgiving of 3 and returns his dignity. His action could also represent reconciliation.

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“The 8TH JUROR brings the 3RD JUROR’s jacket to him.”
“The 8TH JUROR helps him on with his jacket.”

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Theme: Unity
Eplantation: all coming together with the same idea, based from juror 8’s words.

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“not gulity”

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Theme: leadership
Explanation: juror 8 taking a risky action and leadership for the 16 year old boy.

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“its not easy for me to raise my hand and send a boy off to die without talking about it first”

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Theme: leadership
Explanation: juror 9 spporting the leadership thats being presented by juror 8.

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“well, its not easy to stand alone against the ridicule of others. he gambled for support and i gave it to him”

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Theme: change
Explanation: juror 4 and how he changes his mind on the boys case.

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“I’ll try. You’ve made some excellent points… But I still believe the boy is guilty of murder”
“I now have reasonable doubt”

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Theme: Symbolism
Explanation: This symbol in the table represents the divide and separation between the Jurors. It’s appearance can also represent mystery, ambiguity and how self evident truths may not actually be true.

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Knife

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Theme: Change
juror 3 goes against all the jurors with the idea the boy is guilty until his mind is changed by juror 8.

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“alright not guilty”

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Theme: Conflict
explanation: the Foreman trys to keep the peace between the tention of the jurors.

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“Let’s calm down. Lets try to keep it peaceful in here”

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