Monday, March 2, 2015
Madison #6 A
Test others' opinions, question their assumptions, and draw your own conclusions. In Twelve Angry Men, from the beginning of the play juror eight had tested juror three's thoughts and assumptions as assistance to prove certain points. For example, at the end of act two the action of juror three stating "I'll kill him" and juror eight replying with "you don't really mean you'll kill me do you?" (Rose 43). Testing others opinions can assist with a point you can or are arguing.
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I believe that this part in the play is the most pivotal moment for Juror Three and Eight. IT proves how convincing and clever Juror Eight is and how impulsive and contradicting Juror Three is. It also helps the jury realize how argumentative and hostile Juror Three is, which doesn't make him someone people want to agree with.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this part of the play is a significant detail towards juror three's "look" toward the other jurors. This part of the play shows that juror three will say what he wants to say just to get people on his side of the argument. He doesn't even bring up valid points at times, specifically this one, because he contradicts himself. At first, he states that he would never kill someone or even think about it twice, He then goes, in a fit of rage, on about wanting to "kill" juror eight just because he pointed him out that he was contradicting himself.
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