Second Blog Post for Twelve Angry Men

The fourth juror is a stockbroker, which makes the others think he is intelligent and in fact a reliable person to listen to when it comes to deciding on a verdict. He seems to be considering the response logically and seems to be pretty sure that this boy convicted is the murder, until the tenth juror trashes the most solid piece of evidence, the woman who supposedly saw the crime happen but did not have her glasses on, making it unrealistic evidence that should not have held up in court.
Upon hearing this information, the fourth juror is quick to change his verdict to not guilty, since he is, in fact, one of the most reasonable jurors. He appears to be the one who keeps the others from going off of topic and keeps relating everything back to the factual information they were given during the trial.

Juror six is someone who does not appear to be a dynamic character, however he is another character who also changes his vote towards the end of Twelve Angry Men. He makes his living as a house painter and seems to be intimidated by the men who are of higher class than he is. He only speaks once during Act One which made him in fact catch my eye above the others. The only question juror six poses is why some of the jurors find the convicted to in fact be guilty. He is convinced that the young man is also guilty and wants to continue going over the evidence with the other people until the whole juror agrees on a charge of guilty, however this changes towards the end of the play. He changes his mind when they discuss how unlikely it is that the old man actually saw the young man running. Juror six is quick to suggest another vote and votes for the charge of not guilty.\

Both of these men change their verdicts by the end of the play when taking the evidence into more careful considerations.

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