1. Write a summary (half a page) of Dead Poets Society. (What is a summary?? – Check your papers or find it here....)
2. If you were attending Welton, and Mr. Keating was your teacher, how would you describe him to your parents?
3. Find examples illustrating how “Carpe Diem” and the Dead Poets Society affect the lives and behavior of the boys.
4. Comment on Neil’s father’s reaction to Neil’s acting in “A Midsummer night’s Dream”.
5. Who do you think bears the responsibility for Neil’s death?
6. Why do the boys stand up on their desks at the end of the novel/film?
7. Why is it significant that Todd is the one that starts this?
8. Write your personal comment on the film and the text that we have studied.