https://padlet.com/dryan_2018/db4r5lco0ou0 Made with an open mind en-us 2017-09-13 18:31:59 UTC 2017-10-08 22:43:56 UTC hello@padlet.com dryan_2018 https://padlet.com/dryan_2018/db4r5lco0ou0/wish/187315125 In his courtroom drama Twelve Angry Men, Reginald Rose exploits how the detrimental power of prejudice and presumption threatens to destroy innocence.]]> 2017-09-13 18:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/dryan_2018/db4r5lco0ou0/wish/187315125 dryan_2018 https://padlet.com/dryan_2018/db4r5lco0ou0/wish/192823402 "Now, you're not going to tell us that we're supposed to believe that kid, knowing what he is. Listen, I've lived among 'em my whole life. You can't believe a word they say. I mean, they're born liars" (13).]]> 2017-10-01 23:54:51 UTC https://padlet.com/dryan_2018/db4r5lco0ou0/wish/192823402 dryan_2018 https://padlet.com/dryan_2018/db4r5lco0ou0/wish/192823451 "When [my son] was nine he ran away from a fight. I saw him. I was so ashamed I almost threw up. ...Well, I made a man outa him all right. When he was sixteen we had a battle. ...I haven't seen him in two years. Rotten kid. You work your heart out..." (28).]]> 2017-10-01 23:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dryan_2018/db4r5lco0ou0/wish/192823451 dryan_2018 https://padlet.com/dryan_2018/db4r5lco0ou0/wish/193244765 "It's very hard to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this. And no matter where you run into it, prejudice obscures the truth" (66).]]> 2017-10-03 01:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/dryan_2018/db4r5lco0ou0/wish/193244765 dryan_2018 https://padlet.com/dryan_2018/db4r5lco0ou0/wish/195017815 The Tenth Juror possesses a strong racial prejudice, which clouds his judgement in evaluating the boy's innocence. He refuses to believe any part of the boy's testimony and hastily votes 'guilty' without proper examination of any evidence presented.]]> 2017-10-08 16:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dryan_2018/db4r5lco0ou0/wish/195017815 dryan_2018 https://padlet.com/dryan_2018/db4r5lco0ou0/wish/195018176 The Third Juror is corrupted by presumption. He presumes that the relationship between the accused and his father mirrors his own troubled relationship with his son. He is blinded by his rage and seeks to indirectly attain his vengeance by condemning the potentially innocent boy on trial.]]> 2017-10-08 16:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/dryan_2018/db4r5lco0ou0/wish/195018176 dryan_2018 https://padlet.com/dryan_2018/db4r5lco0ou0/wish/195019045 The Eighth Juror blatantly calls Rose's message to attention. He exposes the prejudice and presumption which has obscured the other jurors' judgements. After revealing to the others that personal bias and assumptions have caused them to act rashly, they agree to participate in an in-depth discussion and examination of the case, which consequently protects the boy's innocence.]]> 2017-10-08 17:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dryan_2018/db4r5lco0ou0/wish/195019045 dryan_2018 https://padlet.com/dryan_2018/db4r5lco0ou0/wish/195050960 "I don't care what kind of man that was. It was his father. That goddamn rotten kid. I know him. What they're like. What they do to you. How they kill you every day" (72).]]> 2017-10-08 22:04:51 UTC https://padlet.com/dryan_2018/db4r5lco0ou0/wish/195050960