Twelve Angry Men (2020)

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• Make note of what we can infer about each character and his or her motivations. 

• Annotate for evidence that shows justice being served or not served in this scene.

• p. 5 – Describe the setting. (1957, New York, in a court room, hot summer day) 

• Why would an author choose to set a courtroom drama in the summer? What does summer heat feel like? What is it maybe foreshadowing about the mood of the play? (uncomfortable, tense, sticky, etc.)

• Pause at the middle of p. 6. From these stage directions. What can we infer about the relationships between the jurors at this point? What does the playwright want us to know about the feeling in the room at this point? (They don’t know one another. The mood is awkward. They aren’t interacting with each other at all.) 

• p. 7 – What can you infer about Juror 3 based on what he just said?” (He is prejudiced or perhaps extreme, already thinks the kid is guilty just because he is a kid, and thinks this case is “obvious.”) 

• p. 7 – What type of persuasion is the third juror employing? Emotional or rational?

• What can we infer about how Juror 2 feels about Juror 3? How can we infer this? (He feels intimidated by him/doesn’t agree. Stage directions say, “looks nervously” and “moves away.”)

• Are there examples of justice/injustice in this case so far? (They might mention Juror 3’s prejudice, or they might mention the judge’s instructions.)

• What does Juror 10 mean when he says, “It’s those people! I’m telling you they let the kids run wild up there”? 

• p. 10 – What do you notice about Juror 8?

• What is Juror 7’s tone?