Dead_Poets_Society_And_How_It_Displays

Dead Poets Society And How It Displays Dead Poets Society and How It Displays Transcendentalism There are many times in the movie Dead Poets Society where transcendentalism is displayed but I am just going to discuss a few of them and transcendentalism in general. The movie Dead Poets Society is a very powerful and touching movie about a group of boys at a prep school (Welton) and the problems they are faced with and how to find themselves through their new English teacher John Keating played by Robin Williams. Transcendentalism is defined by nature and individualism, which are very noticeably displayed through out the movie. In this essay I am going to discuss a few of the times that transcendentalism is displayed in this movie. First, the opening of the movie proved to be a contrast with transcendentalism. When the boys all pass the light of knowledge at the beginning of the movie, this reminded me of individualism because even thought they are all as one, they each have their own individual light. They speak of the four pillars, which are tradition, honor, discipline and excellence. These are the guidelines or rules the boys must live by, just like a transcendentalist must follow dead, poets, society, boys, movie, transcendentalism, one, out, very, through, themselves, keating, just, find, captain, must, live, individualism, individual, going, displayed, change, cave, alive, about, words, told, times, time, think, thanking, thank, teaches, teacher, taught