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12 Angry Men Hero Analysis

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The “Hero” of Twelve Angry Men All quotes and anything else taken from the story for this essay is from the play Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose.
In the story of The Twelve Angry Men juror Eight can be known as the hero for the nine-teen year old boy. Just because he may have been the said hero of the boy, does not mean that the outcome was the right one. Yes, he was able to save a life by convincing the other members of the jury to not send this boy to be executed, but did he lead the the other members of the jury to the right decision.
Juror Eight is the man who changes all the other juror's mind through reasonable doubt. Having reasonable doubt does not mean that the facts are stone hard evidence, but just means that there can be flaws
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