Twelve Angry Men takes place in the New York City court. A 16 year old boy who is the defendant might be hanged for first-degree murder. This is a mandatory death penalty because he murdered his father. The first juror also called foreman was determined and concerned about the decision of the other jurors if the boy is guilty or not guilty. On page 19, Foreman: “What, just because I’m trying to keep this thing organized? Listen. You want to do it? Here. You sit here. You take the responsibility. I’ll just shut up, that’s all.” The foreman wanted to do his duty as a foreman by obtaining his authority. He wants to get the jurors to corporate to make a final decision. He doesn’t like when the jurors objects to his way of managing them. The foreman also tries to make things easy for the jurors by not making any difficult rules, but rules that they will agree with. “All right. Now you gentlemen can handle this any way you want to. I mean, I’m not going to have any rules. If we want to discuss first and then vote, that’s one way. Or we can vote right now to see how we stand… (Rose 10).” “All right, let’s stop all this arguing. We’re wasting time here. (Rose 18).” The foreman doesn’t want the jurors to argue and waste time but to stay on task.
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