Some of the boys re-found the Dead Poets Society. Inspired by these values he teaches the students to think for themselves and to make their lives extraordinary.
The new English teacher, John Keating, has his own values: passion, imagination, beauty, language and love which he integrates in his classes. Nolan, explains the principles of the Academy: tradition, honour, discipline and excellence. At the welcoming ceremony for the new students the director, Mr. The story is set in 1959 at the Welton Academy, a preparatory school in Vermont. Thus one can say that heroes come and go, depending on the ideals, moral principles, hopes and goals that are important to a society. They represent the hope that life today, which is becoming more and more complicated, can be mastered. Nevertheless in films, novels and also in the media unselfish, uncomplicated humans who are happy to be alive are presented as „heroes”. Nowadays hero worship is not as common as it used to be. They were courageous and fair, often legendary characters whose merit it was to unite the country (for example emperor Friedrich Barbarossa). They anticipated the establishment of a state in any way. In modern times when the national states developed heroes were “invented”. The example of their courage was meant to encourage young warriors to imitate them (for example Achilles). In the antiquity and in the Middle Ages courageous warriors were often admired as heroes. In their lives and work one can see the moral principles which are worth to be followed - even when they were legendary or transfigured. Different societies created themselves different heroes at different times which were always idealised. Hero worship has changed in the course of time.
The definition of the general topic “hero worship and disillusionment” Keating, is involved in their development of character. My aim in this paper is to find out if and how the main protagonists have changed and how the hero of the story, Mr. After having introduced the main protagonists, I am going to analyse a scene in the novel and the equivalent in the film. In this paper I am going to focus on hero worship regarding the film and the novel of “Dead Poets Society.”įirst, I will give a summary of the story in the context of hero worship. The topic of this paper is “Dead Poets Society - hero worship and disillusionment”. Comparison of the scene in the novel and the equivalent in the film Analysis of the first scene with reference to the general topicħ. Short characterisation of the main protagonistsĥ.1.2 Analysis of the first scene with reference to the general topicĥ.2.2. Social background of the students and the general atmosphere at the schoolĤ. 1.2 The definition of the general topic “hero worship and disillusionment”Ģ.1 What does the film/ the novel have to do with “hero worship and disillusionment”?ģ.
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