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The concept of reading between the lines goes far beyond the written word. Often people forget this when watching a movie or a television show. Instead of thinking deep into the connotative meaning of a film, the average movie goer takes the big screen for face value, only seeking entertainment. In her essay, "Dead White Heterosexual Poets Society," Tania Modleski journeys deep into the latent context of Peter Weir’s film Dead Poets Society. In …

…to assure the audience that all these boys are completely sure of their heterosexual identities, the characters’ actions or lack of actions tells the audience much more. On the surface, the film does a good job of repressing its homosexual content, but digging a little deeper, and reading between the lines, the true story cannot be denied. In this case, the sexuality of the characters changes when one goes beyond the surface of the screen