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原创作者胡淑芬 To Indeed Be A God of Life Dead Poets Society------A Place for Being True Self When I first saw the film’s name——Dead Poets Society1 what came into my mind were something quite spooky and dreadful for the word “dead”. Maybe there is a mysterious society whoever joints it will die an unnatural death. Lots of people have the same impression to mine towards this title. While it is not a horror movie but an educational and meaningful one actually this American drama film is set at a fictional Welton Academy a conservative and aristocratic boy’s pre school whose goal is getting students into Ivy League2. One day an English teacher named Keating comes here. He adopts a definitely non-traditional approach to teaching his students. He inspires them with poetry and encourages them to think for themselves and to embrace life this results in a group of students including Neil and his classmates who are longing for release to resurrect the Dead Poets Society a secretive group originally founded by Keating.3 But why did Keating build this community and why did he name it after “Dead Poets Society” Because in MR Keating’s eyes poetry beauty romance love these are what people stay alive for4. Poetry is the melody of life the reveal of our true feelings. So this kind of society was no wonder a good platform for oppressive people to express themselves to vent the deepest in their hearts to pursue their ideal world to define themselves. And now the groups of boys are going to resume it and they will find true self by reading poetries and contributing their own verses. “Dead” in the name of Dead Poets Society means that people must abandon and send those thoughts which don’t belong to them or being 学 号 姓 名 系 专业 班 级 装订密封线 考生答题不得出现红色字迹除画图外不能使用铅笔答题答题留空不足时可写到试卷背面请注意保持试卷完整。
第 4 页 共 12 页 imposed to them to eternity and extract the thoughts of their own. MR Keating------A Bridge Between Reality And Dream In the movie Dead Poets Society there are two entirely different worlds for the students studying in the Welton. One is the real world which is full of constraints suppressions from the traditional teaching systems the so-called four pillars tradition honor discipline excellence and harsh parental pressure etc. The other one is full of dreams freedom and passion where they can do what they want to do to revolt the doctrinarism and to live as the god of their own lives. MR Keating a romantic vibrant and charismatic English teacher is just like a drop of water in early spring injecting vigor into the monotonous and lifeless Welton. His teaching methods are unorthodox and different from general starchy and staid classroom teaching which makes him incompatible with the administrative body at the school5. In his first class he takes the students out of the classroom brings them to the front of the photos of the previous elites. He tells them that all of them will stop breathing and become the fertilizing daffodils one day just like the people in the pictures. He whispers in their ears: “Carpe Diem6 Seize the day boys. Make your life extraordinary” hoping that they can live their lives to the fullest and won’t regret for what they hadn’t done before dying. In the poetry class he asks the students to rip out the meaningless preface of understanding poetry introduced in the textbook wanting them to find their own way of thinking to become independent thinker to consider what they think not the author thinks MR Keating stands on the desk to illustrate how the world can look differently He also attempts to instill them to think for themselves again no matter what anybody tells and how others look upon them by asking the boys to walk 第 5 页 共 12 页 differently and find their own stride. However this teacher nearly attracting and stimulating all the students is dismissed by the school master for inciting the boys to restart the club and encouraging Neil to flout his fathers wishes. Is he really deserved this result Is he wrong No he is just the scapegoat of the restrained reality. What truly needs to be blame is the inhumane society. He is a teacher in the real world also he is the captain who guides the students to find and cherish their inward worlds and to fly their dreams. He is like a bridge between reality and dream. He steals the fire to light up the chaotic world but is convicted of stealing. Neil------A Despairing Dream-Seeker Every time when I think of Neil that adorable handsome and smart boy I feel quite regretful for his committing suicide. He is like a meteor across the sky fleetingly but brilliantly. His academic grades are in the first class. Of course in teachers’ eyes he is the standard of a good student. Also he acts as a good son of his parents. While on the first day of the school his father asks him to drop some of the extracurricular activities even this make Neil quite unhappy and he wants to resist but eventually he is defeated by his father’s tough stance. He always tries his best to be obedient entering the school arranged by his parents walking the way paved by them having no self. If MR Keating hadn’t appeared maybe he would become an excellent and renowned doctor but lived a quiet and hopeless life. Because he would get those things at the expenses of all his dreams at that time what he had were just some material matters. It is the turning up of MR Keating that ignites his passion of striving for the true meaning of life. He is quite clever and comprehends what MR Keating taught them quickly. He revives the Dead Poets Society and finds the essence of life----Carpe Diem Size the Day. 第 6 页 共 12 页 During those days he is quite happy because he is living for himself he is the god of his own life. He is like a bird which has stayed in a cage built by his parents for quite a long time and now he is free and soaring in the sky so that he does not want to back to the former position. At last he auditions for the role of a puck7 in a production of A Midsummer Night without his father’s acknowledgement because he knows his father will reject that without hesitation. But his father does find out it and comes to order Neil to withdraw. Neil feels quite hopeless he does not know how to deal with this how to compromise between his parents and his dream. To him acting is everything but he also does not want to depress his parents. So finally he goes to ask MR Keating for advices. Keating encourages him to face the problem and talk to his father and this is the best way for Neil to help himself out of the trouble and stay true to himself while at the same time win his father’s sympathy and understanding8. But he doesn’t do as what he promised. He joins the final play wining lots of clapping. On the stage he becomes a true puck he twinkles the light of his life. But he is brought home by his father after the play. He says nothing when being scolded strictly by his father. At that cold night snows dance in the sky outside of the window. Neil puts on the puck’s crown once and for all. He kills himself venting the last of his resentfulness. When confronting with those burdens from the reality he an active and romantic dream-seeker has no choice but to die. He prefers dying to living without self. Richard------A Living Dead Richard a support character in this movie truly represents most people in the real world. In MR Keating’s first class he copies down what MR Keating writes on the blackboard word for word without analyzing. And 第 7 页 共 12 页 when the students are asked to rip out the textbook he tears the page neatly with a ruler. Most funny thing is that he asks other students whether “Carp Diem size the day” will be the examination content. He joins the Dead Poets Society just because many other students do. He is a living dead a person without characters independent thinking and self. He is totally obedient to the authorities. Once in a short time with the edification of poetries there is a sign of resurrection for him. But the moment he knows the death of Neil he returns to the reality immediately. Finally in order to save his own skin he sacrifices MR Keating. Maybe to him an absolute realist it is Keating who result in Neil’s death. He has sold his soul to the reality and is satisfied to be a slave of reality while it is quite possible for him to enter into the Ivy League. Todd---- An Rational Wiser In this movie there is a student named Todd. In most part of the movie he is quite shy timid and silent. He lives in the shadow of his famous and excellent brother who once learned in the Welton Academy too. Everybody has high expectation towards him. He acts like a coward but actually there is much passion being concealed by his calm appearance. What he needs is the guidance from good teachers and helpful friends. Fortunately he meets both a mentor like MR Keating and a friend like Neil. His passion is erupted gradually. After having the first class of MR Keating he writes SIZE THE DAY on the paper but kneads the paper immediately. It is thus clear that there is a conflict between the dream and the reality in his deep heart. In MR Keating’s another class he is stimulated by Keating to compose his own verse to express himself. He succeeds at last. At his birthday night he receives a study board from his parents which is the same to last year’s. But he really does not like it. He feels quite frustrated in the moonlight. 第 8 页 共 12 页 Maybe in his mind his parents only cares he nothing except his study. Then Neil comes to him. After being encouraged by Neil Todd throws away the study board and let it fall off from the middle sky. We can see Todd is exerting to change himself to find the true self. His passion is triggered by Keating and Neil. When facing the dismissal of MR Keating he is helpless. He totally knows it is not his strength that can change the world the reality. Finally he is forced to sign his name by the headmaster and his parents to blame Keating for encouraging Neil against his father’s wishes. At the last moment when Keating is leaving he stands on the desk and calls out: O captain my captain9. His inner passion breaks out ultimately. I think he is a wise person and I believe he will find the best way to make the reality live together with his dreams. Comparing with Neil he is more sane and clever. He can find the balance point in the constrained reality. While Neil kills himself because he hasn’t realized there is no Utopia. Comparing with Richard he is more passionate. He is an independent thinker he realizes the power of reality but never become the slave of the reality while Richard is devoured. Charlie And Knox-------- Fearless Reality-Fighters Knox meets and falls in love with a girl named Chris at first sight using his love of poetry to woo her10. He presents one of those poems in class and is applauded by Keating for writing a heartfelt poem on love. Although he is quite worried about his parents’ irritation and rejection he musters courage to phone the girl and is invited to a party. In the party he snatches a kiss from that lovely girl and is beat black and blue by her boyfriend. But he still goes to her school to find her and express his true love. At last the girl comes to meet him and sees the play with him. I believe that 第 9 页 共 12 页 Chris must have been touched by Knox. He is quite bold and has less scruple to pursuit love. No matter what is the result he does not care what he wants is to make his voice heard make his love heard. Charlie is another reality-fighter. In teachers’ eyes he must be the representative of rebellion. In Welton Academy one thing is impossible to happen that is to enroll girls. Strictly speaking this is the biggest taboo for a boy’s school. But unexpectedly Charlie writes an article to ask the school to admit girls. This article is being called profane and unauthorized by the headmaster. At the school resulting inquiry he offers a phone call form God in support incurring the headmaster’s wrath11 later he is spanked without leaking out anything about the Dead Poets Society. But he is expelled for punching the conscienceless Richard. Where There Is A Hope There Is A Life The yell of “O captain my captain” means the continuing of fighting against reality endless hopes and flesh lives. People won’t forget those figures carrying the torches running through the dark and misty forest into the free and fantasy world of poetry. They are lonely souls sucking the nutrition of poems that they can have the strength of living. People won’t forget those birds flying across the sky above the boundless and quiet plain violating the peace of Welton Academy. Even a mere sound would make you moved and inspired. People won’t forget those pioneers Keating Neil Todd Knox and Charlie fighting against the restrained reality and fly their dreams bravely. To Be A God of Life Life always lingers on between reality and dream while we cannot be 第 10 页 共 12 页 controlled by either of them we cannot be controlled by life. For extreme reality only drives people to live without dreaming more seriously it makes people completely selfish also craziness about dreaming only isolates people from the real world which will make them quite hurt when they confront the ugly things in the reality. Only being the god of our own life can we realize our value and be true to ourselves. Otherwise we will be the next Richard and Neil what a tragedy. So we must learn to be the master of life and learn how to adjust the reality and dream to a certain and suitable degree which can be beneficial to our human beings. 第 11 页 共 12 页 1.Dead Poets Society is a 1989 American drama film starring Robin Williams and directed by Peter Weir 2. Ivy League is the name generally applied to eight universities Brown Columbia Cornell Dartmouth Harvard Pennsylvania Princeton and Yale 3.此句引用《高级英语视听说》第50页Lead-In部分 4.此句引用《高级英语视听说》第53页第五行 5.此句引用《高级英语视听说》第58页第二段 6. Carpe diem seize the day is a phrase from a Latin poem by Horace. It is popularly translated as seize the day 7. Puck also known as Robin Goodfellow is a character in William Shakespeares play A Midsummer Nights Dream that was based on the ancient figure in English mythology 8.此句引用《高级英语视听说》第57页note部分 9. O captain my captain is an extended metaphor poem written in 1865 by Walt Whitman concerning the death of American president Abraham Lincoln 10.此句引用维基百科网站 11.此句引用维基百科网站