English II: Twelve Angry Men Test Review
There are many ironic situations that happen throughout the play. Copy down two examples of irony below and explain why they are ironic.
"He doesn't even speak good English" - Juror 10 complains that the boy "don't even speak good English," which is ironic because it is itself not grammatically correct English. Juror 3 finally admitting to the boy not being guilty - After being forceful to others on his opinions on the boy being guilty to others and bullying them until he gets what he wants, everyone turns against him in the end and he bursts into tears because he had seen the picture of his son from his wallet and says "Not guilty" like broken hearted child.
Juror 12
"all that"; full of himself; egocentric; snob; bright; does not understand people; tries to be a good person (Advertising)
Who said the following quote? "I think that's a good point. We've got a job to do. Let's do it."
Forman
Who said the following quote? "Now - you gentlemen can handle this any way you want to. I mean, I'm not going to make any rules. If we want to discuss it first and then vote, that's one way. Or we can vote right now and see how we stand."
Forman
Juror 5 is not convinced the stab wound was made by the boy. Why?
He is not convinced because the boy is an experienced knife fighter and from the wound they had stabbed downward which makes him convinced the boy didn't do it.
Do you think the boy is guilty or not guilty? Support your answer using specific details from the play.
I believe that the boy is not guilty because of three reasons. One: if this boy had stabbed him, it would have been an underhand stab. Not like the overhand wound found on his dad. Two: the old man's testimony about hearing the boy say to the dad "I'm going to kill you"is not believable because the el train was just too loud for him to possibly hear the yells of the boy. Lastly: the woman from across the street, who says she saw it happen, have the jurors believe that the woman should have been wearing glasses when she saw the murder because of the visual impairment from sixty feet away through the windows of a passing train at night.
If this case happened today, do you think the deliberations would be different or the same? Do you think the verdict would be different or the same? Explain your reasoning.
If this case happened today, the deliberations would be almost the same. Although there would not be as many biased people like juror 3 or juror 10. I think the verdict could be the same because today's society is more accepting of both sides of the story and there are more people like juror 8 than there were back then.
Who said the following quote? "I don't understand you people. How can you believe this kid is innocent? Look, you know how those people lie. I don't have to tell you.... You know, they get drunk, and bang, someone's lying in the gutter....Human life don't mean as much to them as it does to us."
Juror 10
Who said the following quote? Bright! He's a common ignorant slob. He don't even speak good English!
Juror 10
Who said the following quote? I've lived among them all my life. You can't believe a word they say. You know that. I mean, they're born liars."
Juror 10
Who said the following quote? "Please. I would like to say something here. I have always thought that a man was entitled to have unpopular opinions in this country. This is the reason I came here. I wanted to have the right to disagree."
Juror 11
Who said the following quote? "I wonder what's been going on down at the office. You know how it is in advertising. In six days my job could be gone, and the whole company, too. They aren't going to like this."
Juror 12
Who said the following quote? "For this kid? You bet I'd like to pull the switch."
Juror 3
Who said the following quote? "Let me go! I'll kill him! I'll kill him!"
Juror 3
Who said the following quote? When he was fifteen we had a battle. He hit me in the face. He's big, y'know. I haven't seen him in two years. Rotten kid. You work your heart out...
Juror 3
Who is the last person to change their vote to not guilty? What changes his mind?
Juror 3 is the last one to change his vote at the very end of the play as he caves to the pressure from the other jurors.
Who said the following quote? "I went along with the majority vote on this question. And I still didn't agree with voting that way, not really, and I still don't. So I'm changing my vote. I say no, we are not a hung jury. I believe that the boy is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. There are some things I want to find out from those gentlemen that changed their minds."
Juror 4
Who said the following quote? "I've lived in a slum all my life.... I used to play in a backyard that was filled with garbage. Maybe it still smells on me.
Juror 5
Who said the following quote? "Do me a favor. Wake me up when this is over."
Juror 7
Who said the following quote? I honestly think the guy is guilty. Couldn't change my mind if you talked for 100 years."
Juror 7
Who said the following quote? "...Look, this boy's been kicked around all his life. You know - living in a slum, his mother dead since he was nine. He spent a year and a half in an orphanage while his father served a jail term for forgery. That's not a very good head start. He had a pretty terrible sixteen years. I think maybe we owe him a few words. That's all."
Juror 8
Who said the following quote? "There were eleven votes for guilty - it's not so easy for me to raise my hand and send a boy off to die without talking about it first."
Juror 8
Who said the following quote? But supposing he really did hear it. This phrase, how many times has each of us used it? Probably hundreds, "I could kill you for doing that, darling." "If you do that once more, Junior, I'm going to kill you." "Come on, Rocky, kill him."
Juror 8
Who said the following quote? "No, he wouldn't really lie. But perhaps he'd make himself believe that he heard those words and recognized the boy's face. He made himself believe the truth. I speak from experience. I am the same man."
Juror 9
Juror 7
Loud; wealthy; quick temper; very opinionated ; bully; coward; quick opinions on things he knows nothing about; being on the jury is "waste of his time"
Juror 9
Nice old man; lives his life strong; does not hide his age; does not hold back on his decisions; wishes he was more courageous when younger; defeated by life; waiting to die (relates to the old man witness)
Juror 6
Nice; honest; not too smart; makes decisions carefully; accepts opinions he likes; difficult to create positive opinions
After juror 8 votes not guilty, who is the next juror to change their vote? Why do they change their vote?
Nine changed his vote because Juror number 8 had courage to stand against everyone else which made 9 want to hear more. Juror 9 is the old man.
What is the definition of ethos? Find and copy down one example of a juror using ethos.
Persuasive aspects of the speaker. When the murder scene is being mimicked Juror 5 explains how a switchblade is used. His past experience living in a "slum" environment makes nobody else question the reliability of his statement.
Juror 11
Pushover; do what others want/say; ashamed because he is a refugee from Europe; speaks with accent; wants justice because he has been treated unfairly; compassionate
Juror 8
Quiet; a lot of opinions; considers others' opinions; believes in justice; seeks the truth; will fight to get what is right;
What is reasonable doubt? If someone has reasonable doubt, what should they vote?
Reasonable doubt is a legal standard of the proof required to validate a criminal conviction in most adversarial legal systems. If a person has reasonable doubt they should vote not guilty.
What is the definition of logos? Find and copy down one example of a juror using logos.
Reasoning of the arguments. Juror 8 re-enacting the old man walking to the door. He is using evidence to prove that Juror 8 wouldn't have actually been able to make it to the door in 15 seconds.
Juror 5
Scared; takes his obligations(responsibility) seriously; afraid to speak up (especially to those older than him); young; naïve (not aware of the facts); oblivious (grew up in a slum)
Forman
Short; serious; well dressed; unintelligent man; makes good decisions; likes being in charge
Juror 2
Shy; a follower; easily changes his mind based on the last person he spoke to; no opinion of his own
How is juror 8 able to refute the old man's testimony?
Since the man was older, it would've been impossible for him to reach the door in just 15 seconds.
In Act III, how do most members of the jury respond to juror 10's racist speech?
Some of them walk out of the room, and others confront him. Some of the jurors who have been loudest Juror 11 and Juror 8, for example, are quiet, while other jurors,Jurors 2, 6, and 12 speak up. Nothing stops Juror 10, though, until Juror 4 intervenes. He speaks more forcefully than almost anyone else, and Juror 10 listens to him.
Juror 3
Strong; forceful; humorless; strict; forces others to agree with him; forces his opinion; his opinion is right; full of himself (Racist/bigot, had a son, beats son)
Go back and review the reenactment of the murder in Act III. Describe the reenactment of the murder in detail.
Two says he finds it hard to believe that a boy who is five feet eight inches tall could make a downward stab into a man who is six two. Three and eight to show him how it's done then takes out a knife, bends down to be shorter, and pretends to stab it into Eight's chest. Eight points out that the boy was an experienced knife fighter, so it seems awkward to stab someone overhanded in that way. Five admits that he has witnessed plenty of knife fights, and they always hold the blade underhanded.
Juror 4
Wealthy; presents himself well all the time; serious; only wants facts; thinks he is above the other jurors; doesn't like other jurors' behaviors (Rich)
At the beginning of Act III, the jurors take another vote. The result is:
6 Guilty; 6 Not guilty
Juror 10
Angry; miserable; hates everyone but himself; knows his life is going nowhere
After the jurors take this vote, they decide they should take another vote on:
Declaring a hung jury or not to the judge.
What makes juror 5 credible in making the above assumption?
Five is credible because he has seen knife fights in his backyard where he grew up.
Describe the crime the boy has been accused of committing.
The boy is accused of first-degree murder and the stabbing death of his father, where a guilty verdict means an automatic death sentence.
What is the main conflict of the play? Hint: it's not the murder.
The conflict between juror 8 and other jurors (especially juror 3) in the film was due to them having different perspectives of voting guilty or not guilty.
What is the problem with declaring a "hung jury"?
The defendant is declared not guilty and would need to have another trial with different jurors.
In Act III, the jurors decide to recreate what scene from the night of the murder?
The murder scene.
What is the definition of pathos? Find and copy down one example of a juror using pathos.
The persuadability of the audience as a result of emotional involvement. Juror 8 is especially good at using pathos to appeal to the other Jurors and says the kid might not be guilty because he has had a terrible upbringing.
Why do the jurors begin to doubt the testimony of the women across the street who witnessed the murder through the passing el train?
The testimony of the woman from across the street, who says she saw it happen, have the jurors believe that the woman should have been wearing glasses when she saw the murder because of the visual impairment from sixty feet away through the windows of a passing train at night.
According to jurors 3 and 4, the most important and damning evidence is:
The woman's testimony
How does the setting of the play and the weather affect the jurors?
Their physical conditions match their emotional conditions.
What happens in Act III that makes the jurors think about the woman and her glasses?
They think there's a reasonable doubt because juror 8 states that it's logical to say that she was not wearing her glasses in bed and she didn't put them on just to glance out a window which convinces him to change his vote.
