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Dead Poets Society Scene where Knox Overstreet is on the telephone to Kris.         Knox Overstreet played a fair part in the film Dead Poets Society. One particular scene that Knox was in was the phone conversation with the girl he loves, Kris.         The scene starts with Knox at the telephone. The camera closes in on his face and his fingers dialling the telephone. The camera stays on his face as the phone rings and awaits …

…left speechless and his facial expression 'helpless', it was as if he had given up altogether and after watching the movie we know he has given up.         The end of Neil's sad life begins with Neil carrying out an almost 'spiritual' ceremony and we see him treasuring the crown of thorns he wore in the play.         To me, the director made Neil powerless against his father and that is why I have sympathy for him.