Reflection on the movie entitled‚ “Dead Poets Society” The movie was quite not new to me since I’ve watched it several times when I was still in high school during our overnight. But I must admit that the impact of this movie to me has never changed from the moment that I personally have watched it. It was a very realistic movie that touched my heart all over again. Indeed‚ when we are young we really are curious about things and would actually see for ourselves on something. Mr. Keating
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Review: “Dead Poets Society” by Peter Weir In 1990‚ Dead Poets Society won the 62nd Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Peter Weir as the director who succeed in narrating a story about youth and death‚ dream and despair. From my point of view‚ it is a profound movie that intended to inspire and provoke thoughts; at the same time‚ to bring a combination of humor and drama to the audience while pushing a non-conformist ideology at the core of the story. Besides‚ there are many
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Ziting Lin 11/3/13 Dead Poets Society It is a good movie for many stereotype teachers and parents to think about themselves. Although the final result of this movie is an unexpected tragedy‚ I believe that Mr. Keating got a perfect success when most of the students stood on the desk; the respectful teacher is their captain in their whole life. He makes the students know what life is‚ to help more young people to find his own. Students set up “Dead Poets Society” to release themselves. Also‚
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When I first saw Dead Poets Society‚ it was nothing I expected. The film is quite serious and it is without question the best movie I’ve ever seen. It takes place in 1959 at Welton Academy‚ a private collage prep school for boys where discipline is the most important goal and any demonstration of a free thought is strictly prohibited . One voice stands out among narrow-minded administration-John Keatings‚ eccentric and inspiring teacher. He wants his students to "suck the bone of life to the marrow"
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The film‚ Dead Poets Society directed by Peter Weir is about a group of boys who struggle to meet the expectations of their parents‚ school and society. The boys‚ with the help of their new teacher‚ who has very liberal ideas‚ begin to discover who they are. One important conflict is this film is the clash between the restrictions and expectations the boy’s face and the freedom they desire. This conflict helped me to understand how difficult it is to grow and find your true self when faced with such
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The film Dead Poets Society greatly explores overcoming of authority and finding one’s identity. The conflicts the characters face thoroughly demonstrates the significant principles of individualism and freedom. Neil Perry’s inability to overcome his father’s authority led to suicide which was the only way he could see to take control of his life. Todd Anderson incapability to speak in front of others was overcame towards the end of the film by some experiments conducted by their English teacher
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Dead Poets Society #1 Dead Poets Society is a movie that compares the conflict between realism and romanticism. The setting takes place at an all-boys preparatory school named‚ Welton Academy. The academy is a traditional academy where many lawyers and doctors have graduated from. The schools’ light of knowledge stands in the principles of {Tradition‚ Honor‚ Discipline‚ and Excellence}‚ until a new English teacher named Mr. John Keating arrives with a passion for teaching romanticism‚ and showing
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committed suicide. That was the story of Neil Perry‚ the high achieving yet ill-fated young man in Dead Poets Society. Some may argue that Dead Poets Society is not a tragedy because although the death of any human being is sad‚ it is not necessarily tragic. Others would say there could be nothing more tragic than the loss of such a promising young man. The question remains: Is Dead Poets Society a tragedy? In Poetics Aristotle writes about several aspects of literature to look at when considering
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‘Dead Poet Society’ is really a movie about conformity. Conformity is a powerful and the most overwhelming theme in the movie ‘Dead Poet Society’. The school demands for conformity from the students‚ Mr Keating’s informal attitude in teaching challenges conformity and how the movie shows many consequences of conformity prove that conformity is the main theme in ‘Dead Poet Society’. At Welton Academy they demand conformity of its students. The camera zooms into a group of straight-faced
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English teacher has a new way of teaching. Peter Weir has shown in the film that Keating makes the boys look at a new perspective of life‚ “ Carpe Diem‚” “seize the day” making the boys think out of the tradition and encouraging free thinking. In this essay I’m going to describe two conflicts that are essential to this theme within the film. “Rip them all out boys‚ I don’t want any of the introduction pages left‚” Mr Keating say. “What the hell is going on?” the Latin teacher yells as he barges in
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