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    Dead Poets Society: Exposition/Introduction - It Was The Start of The Semester and They

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    The document provides a plot summary of the film Dead Poets Society. It describes the setting as Wellton Academy and introduces the main character of Mr. John Keating, a new teacher who inspires his students. He encourages them to seize the day and make their lives extraordinary. The conflict arises when Neil Perry wants to pursue acting against his father's wishes for him to be a doctor. In the climax, Neil joins the secret Dead Poets Society but his defiance leads to tragedy when he commits suicide due to pressure from his father. As a result, Mr. Keating is blamed and fired from the school.

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    The document provides a plot summary of the film Dead Poets Society. It describes the setting as Wellton Academy and introduces the main character of Mr. John Keating, a new teacher who inspires his students. He encourages them to seize the day and make their lives extraordinary. The conflict arises when Neil Perry wants to pursue acting against his father's wishes for him to be a doctor. In the climax, Neil joins the secret Dead Poets Society but his defiance leads to tragedy when he commits suicide due to pressure from his father. As a result, Mr. Keating is blamed and fired from the school.

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    The document provides a plot summary of the film Dead Poets Society. It describes the setting as Wellton Academy and introduces the main character of Mr. John Keating, a new teacher who inspires his students. He encourages them to seize the day and make their lives extraordinary. The conflict arises when Neil Perry wants to pursue acting against his father's wishes for him to be a doctor. In the climax, Neil joins the secret Dead Poets Society but his defiance leads to tragedy when he commits suicide due to pressure from his father. As a result, Mr. Keating is blamed and fired from the school.

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    Dead Poets Society: Exposition/Introduction - It Was The Start of The Semester and They

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    The document provides a plot summary of the film Dead Poets Society. It describes the setting as Wellton Academy and introduces the main character of Mr. John Keating, a new teacher who inspires his students. He encourages them to seize the day and make their lives extraordinary. The conflict arises when Neil Perry wants to pursue acting against his father's wishes for him to be a doctor. In the climax, Neil joins the secret Dead Poets Society but his defiance leads to tragedy when he commits suicide due to pressure from his father. As a result, Mr. Keating is blamed and fired from the school.

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    Title Dead Poets Society

    Characters John Keating


    Neil Perry
    Todd Anderson
    Knox Overstreet
    Charlie Dalton
    Richard Cameron
    Steven Meeks
    Gerard Pitts
    Mr. Nolan
    Mr. Perry
    Mrs. Perry
    McAllister
    Dr. Hager

    Setting Wellton Academy

    Plot
    Exposition/Introduction - It was the start of the semester and they
    were gathered together to welcome all the students for the start of another
    semester. The students were so excited to see their classmates. Mr. John
    Keating was being introduced to them as the replacement of the teacher
    who retired last term. He was been teaching at the highly regarded Chester
    School in London for several years.

    Complication/Conflict – The conflict started when Mr. Perry wanted his


    son to drop the school annual. But his son Neil disputed his father that he
    could not because he was the assistant editor in that year. His father wanted
    him to become a doctor but he wanted to become an actor.

    Rising Action – It began when Mr. John Keating was teaching poetry.
    He taught his class the essence of poetry in their lives. He told his student to
    read a poem which entitled “To the Virgins to Make Much of Time” and the
    first line of it was “gather ye rosebuds while ye may”. He discussed it and
    told that “Carpe diem “was the Latin term for that sentiment which means
    “seize the day”. Thus, he related it to the life of everybody that they should
    make their lives extraordinary.
    Climax – It reached to the point when they know what the Dead Poets
    Society means. Neil Perry
    Todd Anderson, Knox Overstreet, Charlie Dalton, Richard Cameron, Steven
    Meeks, and Gerard Pitts gathered together and they formed again the Dead
    Poets Society. Their purpose was to read a poem and experience the beauty
    of poetry. Then it came when Neil joined the theater but his father opposed
    to it. His father did not want him to join but still he did what his will told
    him.

    Denouement/Falling Action – Neil Perry shot himself to death because


    he was so frustrated of what his father wanted him to do. He ended up his
    life because he was no freedom at all.

    Resolution/Ending – The administrator of the school made a thorough


    investigation of what really happened and of what is the reason behind the
    death of Neil. They blamed Mr. John Keating for the death of Neil because he
    encouraged them to do what they really wanted in their lives. And as a
    consequence of this, Mr. Keating was out of the school.

    Message – We must “seize the day” and let us make our lives
    extraordinary. We should do what we really want to do.

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