Examples Of Transcendentalism In Dead Poets Society

Jad Mohammad

Mr.Whittaker

English II

29 March 2023 The DPS Suicide What is the Dead Poets Society movie about? The Dead Poet Society is set in Welton academy, and it is a boarding school for young men, and its 4 pillars are Tradition, Discipline, Honor and Excellence. furthermore a new English teacher arrives at the school, and he is Mr Keating, furthermore he is static and round through the movie. The first day of class Mr Keating shows he is transcendentalist, but what is transcendentalism? The belief in the potential of humanity, furthermore Mr Keating told his students on his first day to tear out the pages of poetry as in the quote ”Go on, rip out the entire page. you heard me: rip it out. Rip it out!”(DPS)

He was not, for what he taught his students was to pursue their dreams, and break free from the chains of society, furthermore to be their true selves. Mr Keating tells the boys in this scene “Boys you must strive to find your own voice because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are going to find it at all.”(DPS) This quote is only a positive piece of advice for the boy,and many of them such as Todd, Knox and Perry followed it, and pursued their wishes, however the Principal Mr Nolen did not like this way of teaching. Mr Nolen is an anti-transcendentalist, and that is someone who focuses on the limitations and destructiveness of the human

No, Mr Keating never told the boys to start the Dead Poet Society, or to be reckless, furthermore he only told the boys to be their own person, and pursue their goals, nevertheless Mr Keating did give them the idea of the Dead Poet Society, but it was not meant to cause trouble, and instead, for the boys to find their own voice. Mr Keating tried to show his students the wonders of transcendentalism, and that encouraged the boys to have their own voice, instead of being under jurisdiction their whole life. Is Mr Keating responsible for Neil's death? Absolutely not, he taught Neil to follow his own path before it is too late, and to have his own voice, nevertheless Neil joined the play, “A Midsummer Night's Dream”, and having the lead role was the happiest moment of his life, however his father was very unsupportive, therefore scolded him on the way home, furthermore Neil’s father said he would take him out the school, and place him in military