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Humanities 420 Dead Poets Society Worksheet
Here is your Dead Poet's Society Worksheet to print and put in front of your answers.
Directions: Read the questions below, then watch the movie, Dead Poets' Society.
As you view the movie, consider the following questions. Then answer the questions on this worksheet
thoroughly. Type your answers on a separate sheet of paper and use proper heading and class/assignment identification.
Precede each of your answers with the word in bold in the question below.
Staple this worksheet to the front of your answers as a cover sheet.
To do this worksheet, you may want to refer to Literary Elements page, and the
Literary Eras page.
Who is (are) the main character(s)? Is he/she/they dynamic or static? Round or flat? If dynamic, how does he change? What do we learn from this? If he is not dynamic, what do we learn from his not changing?
Who is(are) the antagonist(s)? What do the protagonist and antagonist represent?
What are some of the conflict(s) in the movie?
What events or situations in the movie mark the plot structure? (At what point does the Exposition, Complication, Crisis, Climax, and Resolution take place?)
Does setting reveal or affect meaning in the movie? Examples?
What symbolism do you notice in the movie?
Is there use of irony in the movie?
Are any other literary elements disucussed in class used?
Give a brief definition of "Romanticism" including its time period and influence on literature. How does this relate to the theme of the movie?
Define "Neoclassicism" and "Realism" as above.
Do any of these terms relate to the people, situations, events, conflicts in the movie?
What is the theme of the movie? Do you agree with it or not? Can you relate it to your life or
contemporary society?
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