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George Orwell

             Women are the most obvious groups of people who are not represented in this play. I think that if one of the jurors had been a woman, she would have held fewer prejudices against the defendant, thus being fair to the defendant. If the eighth juror had been a female, I think that all the other jurors would have dismissed a lot of her arguments and not given her a fair chance to speak. If the third juror had been a female, I don't think that the other jurors would have accepted the way she shouted at them and they probably would have told her to shut up and if the seventh juror had been a female, I think that she would not have made plans for the night that the verdict was to be decided. If a majority of the jurors had been females, I think that the deliberation process would not have been based so much on prejudice and assumptions but more on the facts of the case. If the defendant were female, maybe the jurors would assume that the acts committed would be beyond a woman. If the victim were a female, I think that the jurors would have been more sympathetic toward the case. If black actors were used, I think the other white jurors would have brought up personal prejudices against them.
             2. We know that the final verdict will be "not guilty" when the votes are tied up at six all. The structure of a play is such that there is a complication, then a reversal, recognition and finally a resolution. Once the votes were 6 all, one could tell that the final verdict was going to be "not guilty" as the play was already into the reversal stage, and was heading toward the resolution stage, with the votes going toward the "not guilty" side. This is how a person can tell when the final verdict will be "not guilty".
             3. I agree with the statement to a certain extent. When Juror 4 was presenting his argument as to why the defendant was guilty, he was very focused on the facts of the case. However, when the points about the marks on the side of the ladies nose were brought up, he assumed quite readily that all women, including the witness, endeavor to look younger.


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