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Juror 8 In Twelve Angry Men, By Reginald Rose

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Have ever you realised that persuasion can sometimes be more effective on you than forcing an opinion on you? “Its very hard to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this. And no matter where you run into it, prejudice obscures the truth.” Is a significant quote cited from Twelve Angry Men. In the play Twelve Angry Men, written by Reginald Rose we can see this by the effect that Juror eight has on the rest of the Jurors. Throughout the play, we can see several different types of techniques used by the Jurors. This is seen by techniques such as emotive words, inclusive language, exaggerations, and evidence. In the play also, Rose uses Logos, Ethos and Pathos to add persuasion and power to each Juror. Juror eight is a highly intelligent …show more content…

We can see that through this, ethos is a clear technique that is used towards Juror ten. Juror eight, then goes on to furthermore push his point forward by stating that if the elderly man did hear it, it could have been a play on words like “If you do that once more Junior, I’m going to kill you” or “Come on Rocky! Kill him!”. Juror ten, then becomes arrogant towards Juror eight claiming that Juror eight doesn’t know anything, “You didn’t prove it at all. What are you talking about?”. Inclusive language is seen throughout the play and is used alongside ethos. We see inclusive language when Juror three says; “Wait a minute! What are you trying to give us here?”. When Juror three says “us” it invites the audience to get onside with the …show more content…

We commonly see Pathos in Juror ten. “How would you like me to cave your head in for you, you smart little bastard? Where the hell do you get the gall…?” shows how short tempered he is after Juror two stated that he had heard enough. Although at this point in the play, where nine other Jurors – apart from Juror eight, has been persuaded by Juror eight’s persuasion techniques. Because of Juror ten’s arrogant attitude, He is the last Juror to vote “Not Guilty”. He didn’t mean his vote, and never wanted to change over to “Not Guilty”. He ends up getting frustrated with Juror eights and all the other Jurors persuasive techniques and says ““Not Guilty” Do what ever you want.” Juror ten constantly exaggerates the current situation, weather the Jurors are discussing the el train, the elderly man or even the glasses, He constantly feels the need to exaggerate the situation to try and persuade the other back to saying “Guilty”. He then was the last Juror to change his vote because he then realised that he couldn’t change the other Jurors minds, no matter how stubborn he tried to

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