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A Study of “Our Town” “Twelve Angry Men” And “The Skin of Our Teeth” Mr. Nolan English Two Hours Fifth Period J.L. Mann High Greenville, South Carolina Reid Moman January 9, 2009 Dedication Page The researcher dedicates this study to Mr. Nolan for pushing the researcher and helping him with everything. Mr. Nolan is truly and inspiration, and the ideal man in society today. The researcher realizes this and feels it should be recognized. Some of the most important plays in the history of English were written by American playwrights. Some of the plays that American playwrights have written have become some of the most famous plays in all time and are still studied today in English and even some Social Studies classes. American Plays are important to American History and Social Progress and have helped to shape the theatre today. A Summary of: “Twelve Angry Men” experienced knife fighter, could have caused the fatal one. Another vote is taken and it is nine to three in favor of not guilty. Now, Juror Four decides to focus on the testimony of the woman who says she saw the murder. Evidence shows that the woman wears glasses and could not have had enough time to wake up and put on her glasses to be able to see clearly what she claims to have seen. Ten change their votes to not guilty, leaving the tally at eleven to one. Only Juror three insists that the defendant is guilty, but sees that he stands alone and begrudgingly votes not guilty. After a unanimous vote, the defendant is not guilty. A Summary of: “Skin of Our Teeth” Reginald Rose (Twelve Angry Men) Thornton Wilder (Our Town; Skin of Our Teeth) Thornton Wilder was an American writer and playwright, best know for the Pulitzer Prize awarded play Our Town written in 1938. Wilder was born in Madison, Wisconsin on April 17, 1897 as one of five children. Wilder enrolled in Oberlin College in 1915 where he studied the Greek and Roman classics in translation. In 1917 his family moved to New Haven,...