"How does the playwright of 12 Angry Men use characterisation to explore ideas?"
Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose is a drama that looks at the prejudices and experiences that people bring into the jury room. The story, set in America, revolves around a court case involving an eighteen-year-old boy who murders his father. The fate of this teenager is left to a jury consisting of 12 men, each of whom the playwright has stereotypically used to represent different aspects of the society. At the start, eleven out of the twelve jurymen believe that the man is without any doubt guilty'. However, after a long and heated discussion, all twelve men come down to a unanimous not guilty' vote. During this time, Rose questions the justice system by expressing themes such as prejudice, ignorance, racism, and past experiences, all of which may hinder the path to the real truth, and finally justice. The three most important jurors that Rose has used to explain these themes are the jurors 8,......
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