Play by Reginald Rose Teaching Activities by Rivka Lewenstein

4.
When SIX points out that the woman wouldn’t have worn glasses to bed, FOUR 
and TEN … that there is room for reasonable doubt.
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When the jurors … and discuss how knife fighters hold their knives, they realize 
that the boy could not have made the wound that killed his father.
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At the end of the play, the jury decides to …
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THREE almost stabs EIGHT during …
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When SEVEN says that he’s changing his vote just so that he can leave the 
courthouse, ELEVEN doesn’t … 
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By the end of the play, all the other jurors … THREE.
10.
In his hate-filled speech, TEN admits that some of “them” are decent, but says that 
the decent ones …
11
. When the GUARD comes into the room at the beginning of Act Three, he … about 
the noise he heard.
12. 
FOUR thinks that the boy is guilty based on the woman’s testimony, but SIX proves 
that her testimony …
approve – violent – accurate – convinced –
acquit – curious – stubborn – exception –
object – despise – go over – demonstration 
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Focusing on Literature
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Protagonists and Antagonists
Many pieces of literature contain both a 
protagonist
— the main character, the hero 
or heroine, who is faced with an opposing force that he or she must overcome in order 
to achieve his or her goal, and an 
antagonist
— a character, group of characters, or 
natural force that opposes the protagonist in the main conflict of the story or drama.
1.
Who is the protagonist in 
Twelve Angry Men
? What is the goal that he is trying to 
achieve?
2.
Who is / are the antagonist(s) in 
Twelve Angry Men
? How does he / do they oppose 
the protagonist in his attempt to achieve his goal?
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