In the play, juror #8 uses the tactic of reasoning, while juror #3 is assertive. Both can be powerful tactics, but i think that reasoning is best in the play because it is a criminal case. You need reasoning in this situation because being forceful only makes you look bad as juror #3 shows when he threatens juror #8. Juror #8 convinces many other jurors while juror #3 looks like a fool.
I believe that juror eight and three use different tactics, but I don't believe it was juror three being assertive that drew the other juror's away from his opinion. I believe that it was juror three contradicting himself and his opinions he shared about the evidence. If he is not sure about his own opinions of the case, how are the other jurors suppose the believe his argument that the boy is guilty.
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