Reginald Rose’s play, Twelve Angry Men provides many instances of different forms of prejudice throughout the play. Prejudice would cause many of the jurors to make biased or unfair decisions on the court case without taking time to think about the evidence. Prejudice came in several different forms such as Juror Four’s bias through classism, Juror Ten’s blatant and obstructive racism, and Juror Nine’s demonstration of ageism. Slums come up several times in the play and Juror Four shows the most negative opinion of them. Juror Four states that slums are, “breeding grounds for criminals”. This bias shown causes Juror Four to possibly hold his guilty opinion for longer than reasonable. This statement would also cause Juror Five to become agitated