Dead Poets As Tragic Drama
Date Submitted: 09/10/2004 00:17:19
Category: / Entertainment / Movies & Film
Length: 3 pages (740 words)
Category: / Entertainment / Movies & Film
Length: 3 pages (740 words)
Dead Poets as Tragic Drama
The character Neil in Dead Poets Society is a good example of a tragic hero. He is
a character that is controlled by his passionate nature and by an insatiable desire to act in
the theatre, against the wishes of his authoritative father. Neil is portrayed as a person of
high stature and the events involving him in particular invoke pathos in the viewers.
Feelings of pity and compassion towards …
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…held at the
school and leads to the dismissal of John Keating.
For the argument of an accident of fate, John Keating is not, however large his
influence may be, responsible for the actions of Neil, Neil's father, or the other boys of
the Dead Poet's Society. Decisions made were decisions made alone by the person
deciding. John Keating's downfall is a combination of both internal and external factors,
some within his control, some not.
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