Twelve Angry Men, By Reginald Rose

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The play Twelve Angry Men written by Reginald Rose the jury decides whether or not the boy is guilty of murder in the first degree. Juror Eight votes not guilty because, he needs more evidence. Juror Eight is compassionate, when all the other jurors voted the boy guilty. He tenderhearted proclaims that voting him guilty isn’t easy he implies, “Look this kids been kicked around his all his life.” Juror Eight doesn't want to just send the boy off to prison without further investigation. Juror Eight also shows compassion when none of the twelve jurors were in favor of he the boy being innocent. Juror Eight kindheartedly stood up for the boy and explains, “To many questions were left unanswered.” He is also the only juror to not vote the boy guilty …show more content…

All twelve jurors discussed if the boy really did go to the movies the night of the murder. He logically comes up an idea regarding the boys alabi he mentions, “I'm not trying to make anyone except it i'm just saying it possible that nobody did see him sneak into the movies.” As all twelve of the jurors are trying to figure out if the old man was lying about hearing the boy run down the stairs. Juror Eight questioningly comes up with a new idea, he thinks the old man is lying about seeing the boy he explains, “For the kid to be guilty the old man downstairs must be a liar.” Juror Eight perceptively comes up with an idea leading to the murder which leaves more room for reasonable doubt, he re-enacts the old man walking to his door then to the hallway saying, “I want to try this thing, let's see how long it took him. I'm going to pace off twelve feet the length of the bedroom.” He also expresses honesty. As all jurors were discussing the boys alabi to see if the boy really snuck into the movies, at the time of the murder. Juror Eight genuinely explains that he himself snuck into the movies when he was younger he said, “Who didn’t sneak into the movies once or twice when they were