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The Verbal Irony Of Pride In Twelve Angry Men

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The verbal irony used in Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men shows how pride can affect one’s judgement and keep them from seeing the truth. This pride can fuel their arrogance and could cause them to make a mistake that affects another person’s life. The more arrogant juror, juror number three, voices “…they can talk whenever they like. Now just be quiet a second, will you?” showing his bias in the case and proving that he’ll do anything to try to make it seem like he’s right (20). Yet, his words work against him after trying to disprove the eighth juror’s theory of how sometimes we don’t mean what we say, comparing to when the boy shouted “I’m going to kill you” at his father, before he allegedly killed him. The third juror’s anger is so immense
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