The humanities are not a hobby that we indulge in when we have time they are our life. And we produce and delight in art because we need to find an outlet for that passion. That’s who I am.īut Dead Poets Society teaches us all something very important, artists and scientists alike (as well as everyone in between).Īs human beings, we are filled with passion. I have deep emotions that I wish to express, and I believe that there is nothing more beautiful than sharing what you have in your soul and in your mind with those around you. It is in my character to be such I’m a writer. Therefore, the film is arguably disconnected from the everyday lives of people, especially students, today.
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A movie made almost 30 years ago and set 30 years before that (the film takes place in 1959). Now you may find that I’m being a little effusive. It is a film designed to trigger emotion and spur a desire for creativity that is all too easy for us to lose as we get older and ‘more practical.’ It’s practically a requirement of English majors to view (and love) this film.ĭead Poets is a coming of age story that reminds us that feeling is a blessing to be explored, rather than a curse to be ignored, because it is what makes us human. Keating, or if you’re slightly more daring, O captain, my captain.” He puts Whitman’s photo above the classroom’s blackboard and asks his students to refer to himself as, “Either Mr.
Williams’s character, an English teacher at a prestigious preparatory school, loves Walt Whitman to an arguably somewhat insane degree, even going so far as to call him Uncle Walt. Originally, the famous line served as title of Walt Whitman’s 1865 poem about the death of President Lincoln.
‘O Captain! My Captain!’ Whether or not you’ve seen the movie, most people have come to connect this line with Robin Williams’s iconic portrayal of John Keating in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”-Dead Poets Society (1989) “Medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.
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