Fears of Characters
Plot 1
Plot 2
Random
Connection to Poems
100
Todd's Fear
Speaking in Public and Voicing Opinions
100
What does Mr. Keating have the kids do to their poetry textbook?
Rip out the introduction
100
What happens to Neil at the end of the movie?
He kills himself
100
Where does the Dead Poet's Society meet?
In a cave off of school grounds
100
Walt Whitman--- "That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse." What does "You will contribute a verse" mean?
How you live your life will be your contribution to the world.
200
Neil's Fear
Disobeying his father and other authority figures
200
How does Neil disobey his father?
Continues acting in the play
200
Who does Charlie bring to the cave and why is this a big deal?
Two girls--women are not allowed around Weldon
200
Who is the first person to say "O Captain, My Captain" at the end and stand on his desk?
Todd Anderson
200
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." --Thoreau How does this connect/compare to what the boys are doing.
They are going to the cave to "live deliberately" through the Dead Poet's Society.
300
Knox's Fear
Showing emotion and opening himself up to a girl
300
What happens at the party?
Knox kisses Chris' forehead and Chet beats Knox up
300
Who shows up at the play unexpected?
Mr. Perry
300
What is does Mr. McCallister warn Mr. Keating against?
Teaching the boys to be free thinkers
300
What does T.S. Eliot mean by the following quote? What does the quote have to do with the movie's themes and its title? "No poet, no artist of any art, has complete meaning alone. His significance, his appreciation, is the appreciation of his relation to the dead poets and artists. You cannot value him alone; you must set him, for contrast and comparison, among the dead." -from Eliot's "Tradition and the Individual Talent"
A poet's success is due to the "Dead Poets" and you must compare every poet's poetry to that of the "Dead Poets".
400
Mr. Nolan's Fear
That students will disobey and that what he has built at the school will diminish
400
What is Todd's first big moment?
When they have to recite a poem to the class and he has to close his eyes and create his on the spot
400
What does Charlie do to cause Mr. Nolan to call an assembly?
Writes a letter to the school newspaper demanding that woman be accepted to Weldon--in the name of Dead Poet's Society
400
What do Todd's parents get him for a birthday gift--for the second year in a row?
A Desk Organizer
400
Ulysses "Come my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world... for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset... and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;- One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." What type of person or act is this poem trying to portray and why do the boys feel a connection to this poem?
The idea of a hero--they almost feel what they are doing is heroic.
500
Charlie's Fear
Conformity/Staying in comfort zone
500
What does Knox go to the other school to do?
See Chris and recite a love poem to her
500
What stunt does Charlie pull at the assembly and what was his punishment?
A phone call from God--He gets beaten with the paddle.
500
What are the four pillars of Weldon
Tradition Honor Excellence Discipline
500
What is "Oh Captain, My Captain" about and how does it connect to the characters in the movie.
The death of Abraham Lincoln written by a huge fan The Boys see their Mr. Keating as their Captain and he eventually has his downfall.
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