Twelve Angry Men (2020)

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• Why is everyone looking at Juror 3? Use evidence from pp. 47 and 48 to support the answer. 

• How do the stage directions help create the mood in the jury room? 

• At the opening of Act II, the stage directions tell us there is an awkward silence. Why is it awkward? Why is everyone looking at Juror 3?

• On p. 50, Juror 5 describes the heat and the darkness. What does the weather symbolize in Twelve Angry Men?

• On the middle of p. 51, Juror 10 says, “Six to six! I’m telling you…” What can we infer about Juror 10 here? What tells you this? Is he driven by logic or emotion? Brain or gut? 

• At the bottom of p. 51, the stage directions tell us that the setting of the room is changing. Describe how these stage directions help develop the mood. What might this change be foreshadowing about the plot?

• What is Reginald Rose telling us about the jurors through the stage directions at the bottom of p. 52? (If students are stuck, ask, “How does the weather mirror the jurors’ feelings and mood in the room?”) 

• p. 55 – Explain what it means to have a hung jury. Why does Juror 10 want this? What do you think his motivation is for wanting to declare a hung jury?

• p. 55 – How seriously do Jurors 7 and 10 take their role as jurors? Support your answer with one or two pieces of evidence.