There are three types of conflict are shown within the film Twelve Angry Men. Pseudo, simple, and ego are the three types of interpersonal conflict displayed by the twelve jurors. In the small group of twelve jurors, each member of the jury is involved in at least one of the three types of conflict. Beginning with juror number eight, the first man to vote not guilty in the case, he was the first to start a conflict.
Davis, as he was identified at the end of the film, was the first to disagree with the other jurors’ vote of guilty and started a simple conflict. The elderly old man and the ninth juror was the second to vote not guilty. The fifth juror was a younger man and he was also engaged in simple conflict with the rest of the jury.
Juror eleven who’s profession was watch making experienced simple conflict as well. He was the forth to vote not guilty and his reasoning appeared sincere. Juror number two was the fifth to vote not guilty. He, like many of the other jurors, was involved in simple conflict. Juror number six was apart of simple conflict as well. The seventh man to vote not guilty was juror number seven. He and juror number eleven got into a pseudo conflict over juror seven’s choice to vote not guilty.
Juror eleven thought that juror seven was simply voting not guilty so that he could hurry the jury along because he wanted to get to his baseball game. However, juror seven actually believed that the defendant may not have been guilty and was not changing his vote just so he could leave early. Therefore, juror eleven and seven both agreed on their ideas but juror eleven had a misunderstanding of juror seven’s perception of the problem.
Juror number twelve and...