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Title: Twelve Angry Men Reginald Rose


1
Twelve Angry Men Reginald Rose
  • Year 12 English and ESL
  • Text Study
  • Reading and Responding
  • Ekaterina Xanthopoulos

2
The true administration of justice is
the firmest pillar of good government Scales
of Justice
3
Images discuss these
4
And more
5
Life in the1950s
6
Reginald Rose
  • 1920-2002 and born/grew up in New York
  • Enlisted and served in WWII until 1946
  • Wrote since being a teenager, for TV plays, many
    plays made into films and TV series
  • 1954 first time called for jury duty
    manslaughter case eight hours before unanimous
    vote wrote Twelve Angry Men as live one-hour
    legal drama which later became a film
  • Won many awards, such as Emmys

7
Setting
  • 1957 - A very hot summer afternoon
  • In a jury room of a New York Court of Law
  • Described as scarred table
  • a large, drab bare room in need of painting
  • Oppressive, stifling The Guard exits and in the
    silence the sound is heard of the door being
    locked.
  • It has grown considerably darker in the room and
    its oppressively still.
  • Jurors at times move to washroom

8
Plot/synopsis
  • Young man accused of murder in the first degree
    premeditated homicide
  • Twelve jurors locked in a jury room to determine
    if there is a reasonable doubt
  • Initially all but one juror find him Guilty but
    with discussion, arguments and persuasion all
    change to Not guilty
  • Question ability of defence counsel and accounts
    of witnesses as well as use of evidence also
    strip away layers of prejudice, artifice, fancy

9
What is reasonable doubt
  • Reasonable Doubt is explained thusly
  • That state of minds of jurors in which they
    cannot say they feel an abiding conviction as to
    the truth of the charge.
  • Source Charles Montaldo
  • In the play, both the jurors and audience must
    decide in the end if they agree never given
    proof of the defendants innocence 100

10
GKR Guilty
  • Oxford English Reference Dictionary definition
    Law adjudged to have committed a (specified)
    offence, especially by a verdict in a trial
    (1995)
  • PARAPHRASE THIS MEANING
  • WHAT IS YOUR MEANING?
  • LIST 3 SYNONYMS and ANTONYMS

11
Vocabulary add more to list
word meaning synonym
defendant
counsel
witness
prosecutor
hung jury
premeditated murder
METALANGUAGE
script
dialogue
props
stage directions
12
Characters
  • Why are they anonymous?
  • Why are there 12 people in a jury?
  • Why is the first juror called FOREMAN and what
    are his duties?
  • In groups of three, quickly research and discuss
    these questions and report back to class 10
    minutes

13
What motivates a character?
  Fear     Relationships   Desire
  Values/Morals     Actions   Family
  Security     Politics   Greed
  Money     Status   Power/Authority
  Love/Lust     Hatred   Gender
  Culture/History     Emotion   Understanding/Interest
  Spiritual/Religious     Ignorance   Experiences
14
Themes/Ideas/Views and Values
  • Justice and the court/jury system jurys
    deliberation and decision
  • What is truth is it fallible?
  • Memory witness accounts
  • What is a fact can details be twisted?
  • Prejudice
  • Stereotypes and class
  • Reasonable doubt VS certainty
  • Historical Context McCarthyism - use of trials
    in 1950s AND use of television drama

15
Genre and structure
  • Drama serious play
  • Realism and Naturalism explore daily life a
    slice of life 1950s movement
  • Legal drama but also about interactions between
    characters
  • Two acts and all characters remain on stage
    despite washroom visits
  • Employs Aristotles unity of action, place and
    time less than a day

16
Language and Dialogue
  • Natural language patterns of era and
    geographical setting of the play
  • Working-class men yet different ie some white
    collar, share cultural interest in sport and
    film same vernacular ought to be down in
    Atlantic City at that hairsplitters convention.
  • Use legal terms comfortably reasonable doubt,
    defendant, counsel, evidence

17
Play Techniques
  • Setting description of room
  • Props/sets bare, minimal
  • Costume clothing of JURORs
  • Stage directions what they do
  • Stage of jury room and washroom
  • Lighting darkening It is now darker than
    before due to weather and atmosphere of
    tension
  • Sound Judges voice, etc.

18
What to do
  • Read the play at least twice
  • Summarise in point form each scene
  • Takes notes on each character
  • Collect quotes and group them under headings
  • Ask yourself What is the message or point of
    this play? What questions does the plot raise?
  • Answer the set questions
  • Vocabulary
  • Reflect upon each reading and how your
    views/readings change
  • Which character do you like/dislike the most?
    Why?
  • How does the language in the play influence and
    position the audience? What about the stage
    directions and props?
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