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    In the movie Dead Poets Society, the schoolboys in Mr. Keating’s English class learn to be their own individuals, the non-conformist, the “oddballs”; in other words, the Romantics. The story of these boys and their teacher creates an interesting view of Romanticism; a philosophy based on the concept of a man basically good and his feelings as a standard of inherent value. By these characters following the beliefs of Romanticism, many good things happened to them. When Mr. Keating became their new

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    In Dead Poet’s Society Neil writes a poem by Henty David Thoreau, “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like

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    prestigious single-gendered boarding school. Despite the sharp contrast of the circumstances and lifestyle of American society between that era and present time, the energy and internal struggles of teenage boys on a path of self-discovery during their high-school years remain comparable to those of modern time. In that respect, an adolescent can watch the film Dead Poets Society and relate on an emotional level to the characters' internal battles. The evolution of a character's mindset, actions,

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    “Dead Poets Society” - Learning from Keating Mr. Keating’s teaching in “Dead Poets Society” inspired his students to take action in their lives through his lessons in English class and encouraging the boys to create their own society. The boy who learned the most from Mr. Keating over the course of the movie was Todd Anderson. Todd was very shy when he first arrived at Welton. Throughout the film, Todd starts to slowly become less shy and realize that his and his friends importance in life.

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    Dead Poet Society

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    The Review Dead Poet Society (Weir, 1989) is a movie about a shy teenager named Todd Anderson, who has to live up to his older overachiever brother’s reputation. Todd goes on to attend the same school where his brother graduated as a valedictorian-The Welton Academy for boys. The semester begins with an orientation assembly speech from the unyielding Headmaster Nolan, who highlights the academy’s four pillars: Tradition, Discipline, Excellence and Honor. Todd meets Neil, his roommate. Later on,

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    The Dead Poets Society

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    The movie Dead Poets Society is about a teacher who comes to an academy school to teach a english class. His name is John Keating and he is one of the main characters in the movie. Mr Keating was an alumni of the school he is now teaching at. There were many different lessons that the movie taught. The first lesson is to Suck the marrows of life. The second lesson is to do your own things and be independent. The third lesson is to look at life from different angles. The purpose of this movie was

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    the film Dead Poet's Society is not to be forgotten. Yet it's not only the story that makes this film a classic. It's the ideas that stick behind the rising action, climax, and resolution. It’s the brilliance behind the camera movements, and the nostalgic use of lighting. It's the cinematography, in the most basic scenes, that makes it a film for romantics, not realists. The decision to pan the camera upwards or, to cast a shadow on a scene is all up to one person on set. In the movie Dead Poet's

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    teacher. Right from the very beginning of the class, they realize that he has untraditional lesson plans. As they learn, their minds are opened to a new way of thinking. A group of friends decide to renew a long forgotten club, Dead Poets Society. In the film Dead Poets Society directed by Peter Weir, the young boys go out of their way to use the teachings of Carpe Diem and philosophies of Transcendentalism in their daily lives. Knox Overstreet, brought to life by Josh Charles, builds up confidence

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    Dead poet’s society was filmed through the eyes of transcendentalism using Emerson’s philosophy, as seen in walden. The film deals with a group of young men who attend a very strict boarding school and the english teacher who gives them a new perspective on everything, the damaging effects of conformity, beautiful sense of nature, and emphasis of simplicity and individuality are shown in many elements throughout Dead Poet’s Society and are ultimately highlighted by emerson and thoreau’s philosophies

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    Leaders are individuals who inspire others to reach or achieve a goal. Leadership is based upon understanding, principles, abilities and performances. Having a general understanding about the organizations, knowing how to run meetings and the organization is very important. Leaders must have good communication skills in order to express themselves and their intentions. Then again, a key and regularly overlooked segment of successful correspondence is listening skills. A decent audience hears actualities

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