Ordinary World: Sort of unknown. Todd is sent to new school. Very quiet kid.
Call to Adventure: Todd goes to new school. Mr. Keating wants him share poem in front of class. Joins Dead Poets Society, but doesn't want to read.
Refusal of Call: Todd asks Neil if he can just sit in on Dead Poet Society. Lies to Mr. Keating about not writing a poem.
Meeting the Mentor: Mr. Keating gives him the speech after Todd says he doesn't have a poem, covers his eyes and makes his say things in front of the class. Neil gives Todd the pep talk after Neil gets the same desk kit he got last year for his birthday.
Crossing the Threshold: Carpe Diem speech by Mr. Keating, Todd speaks in public. Gains confidence.
Tests, Enemies, Allies: The boys sneak out during the night to go do the Dead Poets Society. Knox goes for the girl with a boyfriend. Charlie publishes the article about how girls should go to Welton in the name of the dead poet society. Neil does the play. (everyone is seizing the day and doing things they usually wouldn't do.
Approach: Neil's dad gets really mad cause he did the play behind his back, tells him he can never do another play, and that he is moving him to military school.
Ordeal: Neil kills himself. Neil's dad wants to fire Mr. Keating. They get turned in by another member of the Dead Poet Society and are forced to sign a paper against Mr. Keading.
Reward: There is no clear reward because it has a sad ending, but they do have a small sense of pride about the club and the knowledge they learned from Mr. Keating.
The Road Back: After Mr. Keating is fired, he goes back to the class while it is in session, to get his personals.
Resurrection: Todd yells, "They made us do it!" He gets on his desk, "Oh captain, my captain!" Most of the class gets on their desks, despite the new teacher yelling and threatening expulsion.
Return with Elixir: Keating says, "Thank you boys, thank you." He knows the kids really did learn from him. The kids show their respect for him, despite his newly inhereted bad reputation.
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Great film. Great analysis.
ReplyDeleteThat's a very good example of a resurrection. You think the relationship between the students and the teacher is dead, and then they all get up on their desks. Very powerful.
Sounds like a very interesting movie. I'll have to check it out sometime.
ReplyDeleteI love the resurrection. I like that no one actually dies but with all the yelling and chaos its like the second coming. Great.
this was a great analysis! you explained everything so clearly and makes me want to watch this movie.
ReplyDeletei too just love the resurrection, very clever.
I have not seen this movie but you made it sound pretty great! I wanna see it. You did a really great job explaining stuff.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen this, and i am sort of confused. im guessing that from the other comments it was a good analysis but i have no idea about what a lot of this says. but i can tell that the resurrection was powerful.
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