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1、Worlds famous MovieDead Poets Society Chinese name：死亡詩社/春風(fēng)化雨航天航空學(xué)院4083蔡龑東（3114376003）ComponentsOverviewBackground InformationMain characters PLOT SummaryFurther ThinkingOverviewDirector: Peter Weir Starring: Robin Williams Ethan Hawke Robert Sean LeonardAwards: Nominated for 4 Oscars (year of 1990,

2、but beaten by Driving Miss Daisy) Screenwriter： Tom Schulman the play is adapted from Tom Schulmans real life in Montgomery Bell College(蒙哥馬蒙哥馬利利貝爾學(xué)院貝爾學(xué)院)Background InformationThe Goals of American Education Since Dead Poets Society is a movie set on campus, a glimpse into American education will de

3、finitely enable us to keep track of certain Western cultural notions. American education is an indispensible part of the American Dream. Not only does it determine the individuals social status and economic prospects, but it also brings general social benefits such as elimination of poverty and impr

4、ovement of citizenship. Prep School A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school is a secondary school, usually private, designed to prepare students for higher education. Some schools will also include a junior or elementary school. In a sense , American Education before university

5、 shown by the movie , is similar with Chinese high schools educational system, which places a strong emphasis on examination and score, Regardless of personality and interest of students.Background InformationWelton Academy 1959:The students are told which courses to take by parents and headmastersP

6、ersonal interests do not matterStrictForetold way of lifeTry to build a kind of eliteForetold developmentBackground InformationMain charactersJohn KeatingMr.Nolan1.Neil Perry2.Todd Anderson3.Charlie Dalton,4.Steven Meeks, 5.Gerald Pitts, 6.Richard Cameron, 7.Knox Overstreet the teacher of English Li

7、terature,who was an unconventional educator tried to make his students lives extraordinary.a romantic person, love his life, try to live every day as if it could be his last one.humorous , passionate, idealistic, Amiable, unconventional, knowledg-eableJohn KeatingMr.NolanThe headmaster of Welton Aca

8、demyPersonality Traits: Autocratic（獨(dú)裁的） conservative（保守的） intolerrant（心胸狹隘的） and utilitarian（功利的）love to play drama.Full of passion.Wants to try everything new.Lots of interests.Own his real dream.Unable to stand up to his fatherNeil Perrya shy boy who can not show himself confidentlythe only studen

9、t who sufficiently grasped Keatings teachings and discovered his verse. prove his loyalty to Keating by stand up to Camerons accusations of Keating. He then stands on his desk and says, “O Captain! My Captain!” Todd Todd AndersonAndersonMain CharactersCharlie Dalton Steven MeeksGerald PittsMain Char

10、actersRichard CameronKnox Overstreet PLOT Summary Neil Perry , Todd Anderson , Knox Overstreet , Charlie Dalton , Richard Cameron , Steven Meeks and Gerard Pitts are senior students of the Welton Academy, an elite prep school（預(yù)科學(xué)校）, whose ethos is defined by the headmaster Gale Nolan as tradition, h

11、onor, discipline and excellence.15The teaching methods of their new English teacher, John Keating (Robin Williams), are Unorthodox（非正統(tǒng)的）by Welton standards, including whistling the 1812 Overture and taking them out of theclassroom to focus on the idea of carpe diem. He tells the students that they m

12、ay call him O Captain! My Captain! in reference to a Walt Whitman poem, if they feel daring. In another class, Keating has Neil read the introduction to their poetry textbook, prescribing a mathematical formula to rate the quality of poetry which Keating finds ridiculous, and he instructs his pupils

13、 to rip （撕）the introduction out of their books, to the amazement of one of his colleagues.Later he has the students stand on his desk in order to look at the world in a different way. The boys discover that Keating was a former student at Welton and decide to secretly revive the school literary club

14、, the Dead Poets Society, to which Keating had belonged, meeting in a cave off the school grounds.Neil wants to be an actor but knows his father will disapprove. Without his fathers knowledge, he auditions （試演）for the role of Puck（小精靈） in a production of A Midsummer Nights Dream. His father finds ou

15、t and orders Neil to withdraw（放棄，退出）. Neil asks Keating for advice and is advised to talk to his father and make him understand how he feels, but Neil cannot muster （激起）the courage to do so.Instead he goes against his fathers wishes. His father shows up at the end of the play, furious. He takes Neil

16、 home and tells him that he intends to enroll him in a military school to prepare him for Harvard University and a career in medicine. Unable to cope with the future that awaits him or to make his father understand his feelings, Neil commits suicide.At the request of Neils parents, the headmaster la

17、unches an investigation. Cameron meets the school governors and board of regents. Later, confronted by Charlie, Cameron admits that he squealed on them and made Keating the scapegoat(替罪羊), and urges the rest of them to let Keating take the fall(作替罪羊). Charlie punches Cameron and is later expelled. T

18、odd is called to Nolans office, where his parents are waiting. Nolan forces Todd to admit to being a member of the Dead Poets Society, and makes him sign a document blaming Keating for abusing (濫用)his authority, inciting （煽動(dòng)）the boys to restart the club, and encouraging Neil to flout （愚弄）his fathers

19、 wishes. Todd sees the other boys signatures already on the document, and is threatened by his father to sign it. Keating is subsequently fired.The boys return to English class, now being taught by Nolan, who instructs the boys to read the introductory essay only to find that they had all ripped it

20、out. Keating enters the room to retrieve（取回） a few belongings. Todd reveals that the boys were intimidated （威脅）into signing the denunciation（控訴）. Nolan orders Todd to be quiet and demands that Keating leave. As Keating is about to exit, Todd for the first time breaks his reserve, calls out “O Captain! My Captain!” and stands on his desk. Nolan warns Todd to sit down or face expulsion. Much of the class, including Knox, Meeks, and Pitts, climb onto their desks and look to Keating, ignoring Nolans orders until he gives up. Keating leaves visibly touched.Furthe