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¡°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 …

…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.