?Dead Poets society? :: essays research papers

Dead Poets societyIn the film Dead Poets confederacy, dir. Peter Weir, we can see vivid pictures from the life at Welton, a very old and traditional boys school. The action is taking place in 1950s. It is predominantly viewed by the eyes of Todd Anderson (Ethan Hawk), newcomer, who is very shy and timid and is under the pressure because of his elder brother, who was successful and popular student of Welton. He and his classmates Knox, Max, Neil Perry and the others, came here to get a classical education and they were expected so. But everything had changed when a new literature teacher, Mr. John Keating (Robin Williams), came. He graduated here and came to teach here. But he taught another(prenominal) way, his methods absolutely differed from those of other teachers and from the spirit of the school in a whole. He was trying to teach them out of the textbooks. He loved poetry very untold and wanted his students to love it too and he believed that it would help them in their futur e life. And Todd, Neil and the whole class loved him very much. They discover that while studying there, Mr. Keating nonionic the Dead poets society and decide to continue this society. In the secret from the whole school they get together in a cave at nights, smoked, read poetry and spoke About everything poetry, girls, philosophy, about the life in a whole.But the principal doesnt share the students admiration of their teacher. Especially after the fact that Neil Perry killed himself because he wanted to be an actor but his father didnt allow him. He wanted his son to be a doctor. And the administration saw (or wanted to see) here the influence of Mr. Keating and his lessons. All the members of the society were punished and Mr. Keating dismissed. But in the final scene, when he come to final payment his belongings, some his students stand up at the desks to show their protest and solidarity with their favorite teacher.In this film Peter Weir in a masterly way showed the infri nge between hypocrisy spirit of Welton and fresh jet of Keatings philosophy. In a broad meaning it can be considered as a fight between romantism and realism, between the way we would like to live and the way we live, the real life and how should we do with this problem.