Description
Please watch the film Twelve Angry Men (1957) and make a journal response similar to the one I will attach.
Thanks.
AROUND 1000 WORDS.
DUE AT 11:59PM EASTERN TIME.
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
Running head: “TWELVE ANGRY MEN” JOURNAL ENTRY
Journal Entry “Twelve Angry Men”
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“TWELVE ANGRY MEN” JOURNAL ENTRY
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“Twelve Angry Men” Journal Entry
SUMMARY
RESPONSE
Introduction: The film revolves around the
The voice in the initial scene gives us an idea
trial involving an eighteen-year-old man
of what the film may entail; that is, a story
accused of stabbing his abusive father to
revolving a murder case. It also establishes
death. The movie sets off in a courtroom in
crucial questions, such as the meaning of
New York Court House, with the judge’s
reasonable doubt and what role it might play
voice in the background informing other jury
in such a film. In the same scenario where it
members about the severity of the case since
would be unjust to state that the defendant is
it involves first-degree murder. He states that
free since all the evidence points to his guilt,
one man is dead, whereas the defendant's life
it may also be wrong to convict him for an
is at stake and that the jurors must decide his
action that he did not commit, especially a
fate (13Youtoo, 1957). The judge further
case as serious as murder, which is punishable
states that the jury can only prove the
by death in this case. Therefore, the jurors
defendant's innocence if there is reasonable
must exercise extreme caution while voting to
doubt regarding the defendant's guilt. He
ensure that justice is served and that the
concludes by saying that the vote is
accused is, indeed, guilty.
unanimous and that they must be careful
about their decisions.
A group of middle-aged men enters the jury
I must admit that the jury room's first sight
room. In their discussion, the jurors present
gave ...