Throughout Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose and The Crucible by Arthur Miller, fear is the most prominent motivation of the key characters in these two plays. There are many differences and similarities between both of the plays Twelve Angry Men and The Crucible, the main similarity between them both is fear but there is also similarities in the sense that prejudice, justice, and tension between the communities in both of the plays. Fear is something caused by threat, danger, harm or anxiety, in Twelve Angry Men it is shown though fear of youth (young people) and also fear of racial minority's where as in The Crucible the charters are fearful of witches and the devil as well as themselves and others.

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In the most obvious sense, the play deals with is racial prejudice. In the play, race of the accused still remains a mystery as it was never made certain, although their were many ideas and thoughts coming from all of the jurors as to what race the boy could have been, it is understand that he was minority of some sort. The 9th Juror, who refers to the accused as "one of them." Creates tension in the room making it a heated issue between the men. The race of the defendant in a murder trial was what in many ways, made the jury's decision. But even to this day, race still has a huge impact on how juries will vote on certain crimes, so it is imagined how much race would have mattered back in the 1950s when you've got an entire room full of angry white men, it is highly likely to get one or two people who want a Guilty verdict just because the defendant isn't white, and this is what is shown in Twelve Angry Men. Juror 10 Referred to the boy as a slum kid. He gave the idea that there’s something about slum kids who belong to certain ethnic groups that makes them