dead poet's society
...d down to him by his father. Free from his father and his father’s constant guidance and strict rules, Neil noticed a pamphlet that read “Open Tryouts for A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. He had always aspired to become an actor but his father’s arranged life pathway for him wasn’t wide enough to fit Neil’s goals, especially that of becoming an actor. Expressing his freedom Neil mentioned, “I found it. What I want to do right now. What’s really, really inside of me…and for the first time I’m going to do it whether my father wants me to or not. Carpe Diem!” Neil Perry took advantage of his opportunity and talents, tried out for the play, and earned the lead role. Knox Overstreet, a love-crazy romantic, fell head over heels for a girl somewhat out of his league named Chris Noel. She was going steady with an intimidating football jock, went to a different school, and was very attractive. Instead of bowing out, Knox intended to win her over, and to accomplish this goal he went into her school in front of an entire class and read her a poem he had devised. Not satisfied that he had won her over yet he invited her to go to Neil’s performance at the Hadley Theatre. After obliging, Knox made it a night to remember for Mrs. Noel, and stole her away from the insensitive jock. Knox and Neil knew what opportunities lay before them, decided to take action, and accomplished what they had set out to do. The poem “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” by Robert Herrick restates the message woven throughout the film Dead Poet’s Society. The lines, “Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to-day to-morrow will be dying.” explains that the same opportunity that knocks once may not be at the door by the time one gets there. “The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, the higher he’s a–getting, the sooner will his race be run, and near...