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12 Angry Men · 1957 — 第 12 / 17 章 · 4'26" · B1

The Jury Deadlocks at Six to Six, Explained：see if the cat licks it up

A juror explains what is admirable about democracy, then the room takes an open ballot and deadlocks: six to six. The tie removes any polite cover, and the men start saying what they really think of each other.

あらすじ

Tempers already frayed, one juror makes a speech about responsibility and democracy: the men were summoned by mail to judge a stranger and have nothing to gain or lose. Another suggests taking a fresh vote, so they switch to an open ballot called aloud by number. The count comes back six to six, and the room erupts.

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have nothing to gain or losemake it personalsee if the cat licks it upextra innings

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このシーンの表現

see if the cat licks it up

try it out and see the response

Juror Seven offers an idea and jokes about throwing it on the stoop to see if the cat licks it up.

Put the idea out and see if the cat licks it up.

このシーンの他の表現

  • have nothing to gain or lose

    with nothing at stake

  • make it personal

    turn it into a personal attack

  • extra innings

    an extra round, drawn-out

  • out of your mind

    completely crazy

  • sick and tired of

    thoroughly fed up with

このシーンのメモ一覧

76 行のセリフに 33 件のメモ

表現 · B1start something off

kick things off

I suppose somebody has to start it off again.
表現 · B2beg someone's pardon

ask to be excused

- I beg pardon. - "I beg pardon." What are you so polite about?
表現 · B1be brought up

raised

It's the way I was brought up.
表現 · B2have a responsibility to do something

carry a duty

We have a responsibility.
表現 · B2a remarkable thing about something

a striking feature

This, I have always thought, is a remarkable thing about democracy...
文法 · C1This, I have always thought, is

parenthetical insert: The clause I have always thought is a parenthetical aside inside the sentence.

This, I have always thought, is a remarkable thing about democracy...
表現 · B2be notified by mail

told by post

Notified. That we are notified by mail...
表現 · B2guilt or innocence

whether guilty or not

to come down to this place to decide on the guilt or innocence...
表現 · C1have nothing to gain or lose

with nothing at stake

Juror Eleven notes the jury gains and loses nothing by its verdict, which is exactly the point.

We have nothing to gain or lose by - by our verdict.
表現 · B2make something personal

turn it into a personal attack

As the argument turns personal, Juror Eleven asks the room not to make it a personal thing.

We should not make it a personal thing.
表現 · B2a cutie

a clever little idea here cutie means a neat idea

If nobody else has an idea, I may have a cutie here.
文法 · B1If nobody else has an idea

if-clause: The if-clause sets the condition before the main offer.

If nobody else has an idea, I may have a cutie here.
スラング · B2cutie

a clever idea — Usually a cute person; here a joking word for an idea.

If nobody else has an idea, I may have a cutie here.
スラング · B1stoop

the front steps — US regional word for the front steps.

I mean, I haven't given it much thought, but let's throw it out on the stoop...
表現 · C1see if the cat licks it up

try it out and see the response

Juror Seven offers an idea and jokes about throwing it on the stoop to see if the cat licks it up.

and see if the cat licks it up.
表現 · B1take a vote

hold another vote

maybe we should take another vote.
表現 · B2an open ballot

a public vote

I think we ought to have an open ballot - call out our votes, you know.
表現 · B2call out a vote

state one's vote aloud

I think we ought to have an open ballot - call out our votes, you know.
表現 · B2see who stands where

see each person's position

Let's see who stands where.
表現 · B2call off the numbers

read out the numbers

Okay. I'll call off your jury numbers. One.
表現 · B2go into extra innings

an extra round, drawn-out

With the vote tied, Juror Seven jokes that they are heading into extra innings.

Yeah, right. And we go into extra innings here, huh?
表現 · B2be out of one's mind

completely crazy

Faced with a tied vote, someone snaps that some of them must be out of their minds.

Six to six. I'm telling you, some of you people in here must be out of your minds.
発音out of your

Link out, of and your into one run.

Six to six. I'm telling you, some of you people in here must be out of your minds.
文法 · B2the kind of boy he is

relative clause: The clause the kind of boy he is describes him, with that dropped.

I don't think the kind of boy he is has anything to do with it.
表現 · B2be sick and tired of something

thoroughly fed up with

Juror Three explodes that he is sick and tired of facts, having heard them used against him.

Don't give me that! I'm sick and tired of facts!
発音tired of

Link tired and of, with of reduced.

Don't give me that! I'm sick and tired of facts!
スラング · B1killer

killer, used as a nickname — A mocking nickname here, not a serious insult.

Well, how'd you figure that out, killer?
表現 · B2room for doubt

space for doubt

Well, it just seemed to me there was room for doubt.
表現 · C1not have a leg to stand on

any basis for the claim

When the vote-changer cannot justify himself, Juror Three tells him he has no leg to stand on.

You haven't got a leg to stand on. You know that, I hope.
文法 · B2haven't got

have got: Haven't got is British colloquial for do not have.

You haven't got a leg to stand on. You know that, I hope.
発音haven't got

The t in haven't often drops before got.

You haven't got a leg to stand on. You know that, I hope.
表現 · B2get mixed up

get confused

Someone tells the vote-changer he thinks too much and gets mixed up.

You think too much. You get mixed up.
スラング · B2Loudmouth

a loudmouth — An insult; do not say it to someone's face.

Loudmouth.

「The Jury Deadlocks at Six to Six」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene sets its own standard and then fails it in real time. A juror argues that what makes the jury strong is disinterest — "We have nothing to gain or lose by our verdict" — and that the decision "should not be a personal thing." Minutes later, after the open ballot returns a six-to-six tie, everything becomes personal. One man calls the others "out of your minds," another shouts that he is "sick and tired of facts," and a juror who changed his vote is told he has no leg to stand on. The tie matters less as a vote than as a mirror: it shows which men can hold a reason and which are simply fighting.

Theme

JusticeThe jurors debate how a verdict should be reached, invoking duty and impartiality as the standard for judging a stranger.
DutyOne man's speech turns jury service into a civic responsibility — deciding guilt without personal stake — which the shouting that follows immediately tests.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A jury gains nothing, and that is what keeps it fair.
  • An open vote exposes pressure as much as opinion.
  • Six to six turns an argument into a deadlock.
  • Facts can be twisted, which is why they need care.

発音のポイント

  • out of your — Link out, of and your into one run.
  • tired of — Link tired and of, with of reduced.
  • haven't got — The t in haven't often drops before got.
This, I have always thought, is a remarkable thing about democracy...

The juror sets up a speech about what is admirable in the system: ordinary men, with no stake in the outcome, are trusted to decide a stranger's fate.

We should not make it a personal thing.

The civil rule the hot room keeps breaking: the verdict is about the defendant, not about the jurors' own wounds, grudges or pride.

You haven't got a leg to stand on. You know that, I hope.

A blunt dismissal of a changed vote: the speaker says there is no ground for doubt, turning the argument from evidence to a contest of certainty.

The facts are supposed to determine the case.

The line that names the trial's standard, and the one another juror is already tired of hearing, since he insists facts can be twisted any way you like.

このシーンについての質問

Why does one juror talk about democracy here?

He argues that the jury's strength is its disinterest: the men were summoned by mail to judge a stranger and have nothing to gain or lose from the verdict, so they should stay impersonal.

Who asks for another vote, and why?

A juror wants a fresh count now that the room has settled, hoping the changed mood will show. It produces a dramatic tie: six to six.

Why is the open ballot significant?

Voting aloud forces each man to take a public position instead of hiding behind a secret ballot, which is exactly why it exposes the deadlock and hardens tempers.

Why does one juror attack the man who changed his vote?

He is furious that the case is slipping away. He tells the man he has no leg to stand on and that he thinks too much and gets mixed up, but he offers no evidence of his own.

What changes by the end of the scene?

The vote moves from eleven-to-one to a six-to-six tie, and the room turns from argument into open hostility, setting up the long night that follows.

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