1. What is the message or the intention of the playwright?

What is he arguing and

why?
2. Who is the protagonist of the play? Why is not the boy?
“Doubt is the beginning of wisdom” Aristotle
3. What kind of people participates in the jury? What kind of character is the jury
number 8?
4. By what means does the eighth juror change the opinion of the other juries?
5. Why is there a second voting? What is the reaction to it? Why does the old man
vote “not guilty”?
6. Have you noticed any prejudices in the play? If so, to what extent do they
influence the decisions of the jury?
8th juror: “It`s very hard to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this. And
no matter where you run into it, prejudices obscure the truth” (66)
7. What is the setting like? How does it influence the decisions of the juries? Do
you notice any difference between the decisions made in the toilet and the ones
made in the jury room?
8. Are juries efficient? What should be taken into account when selecting the
member of a jury?
9. Does justice exist? Is it possible to be absolutely fair?
“8th juror: […] People make mistakes”
“12th juror: “[…] this isn’t an exact science” (20)
10. What happens in the jury room, does it picture society? Is compassion important
when judged somebody?”
“8th juror: I kept putting myself in the boy`s place.” (20)