Writing Homework Help

12 Angry Men 

Identities of the characters in the film:

Juror #

Character Description

Actor

1

Foreman
(High School Coach)

Martin Balsam
(short sleeves, diagonal tie)

2

Timid Fellow

John Fiedler
(little balding guy w/glasses, pipe)

3

Resentful Father
(messenger service)

Lee J. Cobb
(rectangular tie pattern, neat hair)

4

Stockbroker
(wears glasses)

E.G. Marshall
(light gray suit)

5

Slum Guy

Jack Klugman
(dark gray suit)

6

Motive Guy
(working man)

Edward Binns
(short sleeves, no tie)

7

Sports Fan
(salesman)

Jack Warden
(hat, striped jacket)

8

Reasonable Fellow
(architect)

Henry Fonda
(very light suit, black tie)

9

Old Gentleman

Joseph Sweeney
(very thin, white hair)

10

Bigot
(has summer cold)

Ed Begley
(diamond patterned tie, messy hair)

11

Watchmaker
(from Europe)

George Voskovec
(black suspenders)

12

Ad Man
(doodler)

Robert Webber
(black suit, black glasses)

WRITTEN 

1. Discuss the positives and negatives of the jury system as portrayed in 12 Angry Men.  Give specific examples.  
2. Excluding Henry Fonda’s character (Juror #8), discuss 3 jury members and how their beliefs, personalities, and views of their responsibility affected their participation in the jury.
3. Were there any flaws in the prosecution’s case which might have cast reasonable doubt on their evidence? If so, what were they?  Were the problems of relevance or reliability?
4. What evidence was introduced by the jury members that the defense had not even used?
5. What inferences were made by jury members?   What inferences were made in favor of the prosecution, upon what basis?  What inferences were made in favor of the defendant that the defendant had not made?   Comment upon the relevance and reliability of all of these inferences.
6. Choose one of the jurors and discuss your perceptions of that person’s behavior. Explain how you think that man’s personal perspective may have influenced his decisions.
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