Drama (Option 1): Twelve Angry Men - Reginald Rose

Elective English · Chapter 3 · II. Drama

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Reginald Rose's life, the play's origins as television drama and the American jury system
Plot and key incidents: the first vote, the knife, the evidence of the witnesses and the final verdict
Characters: Juror 8 and the jurors who oppose and support him, especially Jurors 3, 4, 9 and 10
Themes: justice and reasonable doubt, prejudice, personal responsibility and courage to dissent
Dramatic devices: a single setting, real time, tension, the heat and the storm; personal response