Topic > Ethos Pathos and Logos - 1039

When logos are used, it is to show the audience logic to persuade them with reason. If the facts or information are true and prove a statement about the topic, then it is the use of logos. For example, the film Twelve Angry Men (1957) directed by Sidney Lumet, an 18-year-old Latino boy is accused of murdering his father. When all the clues lead him to kill his father, juror no. 8 (Henry Fonda) believes the boy is innocent, which leads to long periods of arguments. This scene is when Juror #1. 9 (Joseph Sweeny) sees juror no. 4 (EG Marshall) rubs his irritated nose from his glasses. That's when juror no. 9 asks if juror no. 4 sleeps with glasses and he says no. Juror no. Juror #9 suspects that the women had the same glasses marks on their noses that he rubbed just like Juror #9. 8 and by logical reasoning he would not be able to see the murder at night if he slept and woke up. So, when the other jurors change their vote from guilty to not guilty, juror no. 3 (Lee J Cobb) is the only one whose vote is still guilty and all the jurors try to convince juror #3. 3 who logically wouldn't go to bed with her glasses on and wouldn't be able to put them on fast enough to see the murder. In the end, this argument was successful and Logos proved that the women did not see the killer because he is not sleeping with her.