appearing before the public
The jurors recall the witness in court, dressed up for her first public appearance.
for her first public appearance.12 Angry Men · 1957 — 第 17 / 17 章 · 4'33" · B1
Juror 8 Doubts the Eyewitness, Explained：in question
Juror 8 doesn't shout; he points at a pair of missing glasses. "I only know the woman's eyesight is in question now," he says, and the whole case tilts. The room is still arguing about a murder, but now it's arguing about how little anyone actually saw.
あらすじ
In a sweltering jury room, Juror 8 keeps the discussion on one witness. The woman testified she saw the boy stab his father, but she rubbed marks on her nose in court, the marks of eyeglasses she would never have worn to bed. If her eyesight is doubtful, her testimony is too.
注目の表現
in questionmade a mistakea blurpublic appearance
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このシーンの表現
in question
open to doubt
Juror Eight sums up: the one thing he knows is that the woman's eyesight is now doubtful.
Her honesty is in question after the report.
このシーンの他の表現
- made a mistake
get something wrong
- a blur
something unclear
- public appearance
appearing before the public
- throw out
discard, dismiss
- mental picture
an image in your mind
このシーンのメモ一覧
76 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
hair that has been colored
Heavy makeup, dyed hair...a woman who is younger
brand-new clothes that should have been worn by a younger woman.an image in your mind
Eight asks the jurors to picture the witness lying by her window, turning reasoning into an image.
See if you can get the mental picture of it.do you — Spoken contraction; too casual for formal talk.
So what? What do ya think that means?completely tired of — An emotional spoken phrase; fine among friends.
- Listen, I'm getting so sick of your yelling in here! - Come on. Forget it.them — Spoken contraction; never write it in formal text.
She didn't want to wear 'em out of the house so people would think she's gorgeous.The final s links into to, blurring the two words.
No one wears eyeglasses to bed.dummy it plus clause: The it is a placeholder for the infinitive clause that follows.
It's logical to assume that she wasn't wearing them when she was in bed...lie awake restlessly
tossing and turning, trying to fall asleep.The phrase runs together, with and reduced.
tossing and turning, trying to fall asleep.wear them
The lights went off a split second later. She couldn't have had time to put them on then.modal perfect: Couldn't have had marks a negative guess about the past, not a statement of fact.
The lights went off a split second later. She couldn't have had time to put them on then.something unclear
Eight allows that she believed it, yet insists she only saw a blur.
Maybe she honestly thought she saw the boy kill his father. I say she only saw a blur.Saw a blur links together, with blur stressed.
Maybe she honestly thought she saw the boy kill his father. I say she only saw a blur.open to doubt
Juror Eight sums up: the one thing he knows is that the woman's eyesight is now doubtful.
I only know the woman's eyesight is in question now.get something wrong
Juror Eight asks whether the woman might simply have been mistaken, not lying.
Don't you think the woman might have made a mistake?doubt a fair mind holds
I have a reasonable doubt now.eleven against one
Eleven to one.discard, dismiss
When asked about the other evidence, Eight reminds the room that they themselves said it could be thrown out.
Well, you said we could throw out all the other evidence.whether clause: The whether clause is the object of care, naming the two possibilities.
I don't care whether I'm alone or not! It's my right.「Juror 8 Doubts the Eyewitness」を読み解く
What's really going on
The vote is already slipping away from the prosecution, and Juror 8 knows he doesn't need a new fact; he needs a new way of looking. The marks on the witness's nose are the entire argument: they prove she wore glasses, she was in bed when she looked out the window, and no one wears glasses to bed. "Maybe she honestly thought she saw the boy kill his father. I say she only saw a blur," he says. That is the scene's real move, turning an eyewitness's certainty into a question about eyesight. When the tally comes in at eleven to one, the room has not been persuaded of the boy's innocence so much as robbed of its confidence. What remains is one juror refusing to move simply because the vote has shifted.
Theme
JusticeA witness's eyesight, not her honesty, decides whether a boy lives or dies; the scene shows a verdict resting on what one person could actually see.
TrustThe room built its certainty on testimony no one had questioned. Juror 8 doesn't disprove the witness, he makes the others doubt what they took on trust.
このチャプターで学べること
- An honest witness can still be mistaken.
- Small physical marks can undo a firm story.
- Standing alone is framed as a right, not a weakness.
- The vote flips when sight itself is doubted.
発音のポイント
- eyeglasses to — The final s links into to, blurring the two words.
- tossing and turning — The phrase runs together, with and reduced.
- saw a blur — Saw a blur links together, with blur stressed.
You can't send someone off to die on evidence like that.A death sentence can't rest on shaky testimony. Juror 8 is arguing the witness could be wrong, and the stakes are too high to gamble on a guess.
I don't care whether I'm alone or not! It's my right.Juror 8 is now the lone holdout. He won't fold just because everyone else voted him down; one juror's doubt is enough to keep the room talking.
Maybe she honestly thought she saw the boy kill his father. I say she only saw a blur.He grants the witness may be sincere, then takes it away: sincerity is not eyesight. She may have seen a shape in the dark and filled in the rest.
Eleven of us didn't think of it either.A quiet confession that he also missed the eyeglass marks. It turns one juror's observation into everyone's blind spot, making doubt respectable.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the woman's eyesight matter so much?
She is the prosecution's key witness. If she wasn't wearing her glasses when she looked out the window, she could not have seen the killing clearly, and her identification falls apart.
What are the marks on the witness's nose supposed to prove?
They are the impressions left by eyeglasses. She wore them in daily life but would not have worn them to bed, so the argument is that she saw the murder through blurry, unaided eyes.
Is Juror 8 just guessing?
He admits it: asked how he knows, he says he is guessing. The point isn't proof, it's reasonable doubt, a guess the evidence cannot rule out.
Why does the vote suddenly become eleven to one?
Once the eyewitness is discredited, another juror stops trusting the remaining evidence and switches to not guilty, leaving Juror 3 alone.
十二人の怒れる男 · 全 17 章
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第 1 章open-and-shut caseJurors Gather in the Jury Room
第 2 章kick someone aroundJuror 8 Votes Not Guilty
第 3 章burden of proofThe Jurors Go Around the Table
第 4 章breaking pointJuror 5 Stands Up to a Bigot
第 5 章alleged eyewitnessJuror 8 Shows a Second Switchblade
第 6 章hang a juryJuror 8 Proposes Another Vote
第 7 章run it up the flagpoleJuror 9 Switches His Vote
第 8 章as plain as the nose on your faceJuror 8 Tests the El Train Timing
第 9 章recede into the backgroundWhy the Old Man Would Lie
第 10 章off the top of my headJuror 8 Questions the Knife
第 11 章out of thin airJuror 8 Reenacts the Old Man's Walk
第 12 章see if the cat licks it upThe Jury Deadlocks at Six to Six
第 13 章hung juryJuror 8 Tests the Movie Alibi
第 14 章have the gutsJuror 8's Knife Demonstration
第 15 章you peopleJuror 10's Racist Rant
第 16 章obscure the truthJuror 8 Warns About Prejudice
再生中 · 第 17 章in questionJuror 8 Doubts the Eyewitnessこの作品の 17 章はここまでです