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Prof Keating influences the boys' lives as he teaches under a higher authority than the one attempting to keep order the school.
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Themes
Authority
Prof Keating influences the boys' lives as he teaches under a higher authority than the one attempting to keep order the school.
Call
Todd, Neil and the other students are "called" by Prof Keating to "seize the day" and they re-form the Dead Poets Society.
Institutional Evil
Symbolized by the uniformity of the school and by Neil's father's insistence that his son go to medical school.
Integrity/Honor
Keating keeps his integrity through opposition, and encourages his students to do the same.
Rebirth
Through Keating's enthusiasm and "evangelism", the Dead Poet's Society is re-formed.
Sacrifice, Resurrection
Keating's disciples are questioned and pressured into signing a confession, all set into motion by a betraying Judas who tells the other students "save yourselves." Keating's regeneration comes in the final scene, when the disciples engage in a demonstration which affirms his impact on their lives. ("The Messianic Figure in Film: Christology Beyond the Biblical Epic," Matthew Mc Ever, Teacher
Prof Keating influences the boys' lives as he teaches under a higher authority than the one attempting to keep order the school.
"Seize the day" advises charismatic Professor Keating to his class of prep school students. With those words he begins his unorthodox and brilliant lessons that will change the young men's lives forever. The school's stodgy administrator and repressive parents are resistant to Keating's teaching methods, especially when their fledglings' free thinking leads to serious conflict.
The time is 1959, the hundredth anniversary of the founding...
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