The Theme Of Leadership In Twelve Angry Men

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Twelve Angry Men
All of our live it is a constant series of elections, complex or not. But what confronts us with a choice, and puts us in front of the doubt whether everything is always clear as twice two, then the problem would not exist. Here you turned out to take a choice, took notes, all calculated and no problems! But our life is much more complicated than the mathematical formulas and calculations. And so to make a choice is often so difficult.
“Twelve Angry Men” is a drama film adaptation of the eponymous play by Reginald Rose that develops a very good example of leadership concepts in each juror characters. Twelve people that represent a trial by jury gather in the jury room where they are supposed to decide whether 18 year old …show more content…

As some of jurors change their minds there are still people that are confident in their verdict of the 18 years boy to be guilty. As several styles of leadership are evident in this movie, many jurors remain neutral to the situation, while the juror number 1 the foreman seems to be a natural leader. Courtney Vance is a high school football coach as well as a foreman in the jury room. As by the nature the coaches possess such traits like a leader, an organizer and an intermediate person. As we can see Vance carries his traits in the jury room as well. He acts as a person who cares about the jury room, he make sure that the situation is under control, he is calming down everyone, and gaining back order in the room. He is like an intermediate person between jurors who believe that the 18 year old boy is guilty and the rest of the jurors who don’t believe that. Consequently, he is also the only one person that possesses the leadership traits that include intelligence, determination, self-confidence sociability and integrity. If it were not for Vance, there would not have been any order in the jury room and the trial would not run smoothly and …show more content…

The only one argument through the entire movie is the call "think about it" that is purely emotional. The man would be executed, and that is unchangeable, but the message reflects if you know for sure that he is guilty? Even though the situation is very difficult and responsible there are guys who just wants to get away quickly, someone hates slum, someone has problems with his own child. And that prevents people critically to discuss and analyze in more debt the trial. Then, there would be a course with calculations. The retired man does not go fast, the girl was without glasses, the blow was made by a tall man and not right ... but the call to "think" sounds throughout the entire film. The atmosphere just sparks from the tension and the viewer at first believing that the case is almost hopeless, eventually doubts during the whole movie. In regard to the action that takes place at the same time all in one room the film captures everyone. And what’s most exciting it captures through stunning games of all twelve actors and interesting

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