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Keating. In the moment, he did not consider the opinions of others but focused on his gratitude
and the unfair treatment.
Another implicit meaning of the film is that realism and romanticism continuously fight.
Moreover, the realism seems to emerge victorious in each encounter. The presence of the dead
poets’ society reveals an initial blow to realism. Moreover, Neil’s suicide serves as another
incident where the realist direct blame towards romanticism. Since at the time of his death he
was a member of the group, they held the group responsible (Schulman, 1989). Additionally, the
administrations made the students sign untrue statement in a bid to replace Keating as a result of
his unorthodox teaching methods.
My expectation of the movie
Before watching the movie, I expected the setting to constitute the medieval times.
Moreover, I thought it will involve a context where the society challenges other groups and
emerges victorious (Schulman, 1989). Additionally, I expected the plot to entail poems and poets
throughout.
The basis of my assumptions was the title of the movie and previous experiences with
subjects involving the death and rejuvenation of poetry. Often, the title of a movie or book
provides an insight to the plot and setting thus my expectations. My reflection of the movie has
two sides. First, I attained satisfaction since poetry and literal devices constituted a bulk of the
film. Moreover, the rejuvenation of poem society that associates with the title contributed to my
confirmation of the movie (Schulman, 1989). On the other hand, it failed to meet my
expectations because in the end, romanticism ends up in the same position to that during its
