¡°Dead Poets Society¡±, is about passion and the ability to think oneself verses what has been demanded and expected of one, it also deals with the age-old conflict of traditional compulsion verses new modern freedom and flexibility. It is set in Welton Academy, Vermont; ¡°the best prep school in America¡±. During the movie, quotations from Tennyson, Herrick, Whitman, etc. were made. It also discussed how poetry was not something explainable or something that could be …showed first 75 words of 482 total…

…showed last 75 words of 482 total…Neil, commits suicide. Neil¡¯s suicide seemed to be unreal; it would have been more effective if it seemed less for the purpose of the camera and more a cry for help. Leonard¡¯s acting was well performed through-out the entire movie, except when it came to the suicide, it seemed more like the character was in a daze or shock, or possibly even controlled, an expression or feeling of despair was not effectively presented.