Stereotypes In Dead Poets Society

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Dead Poet’s Society The movie Dead Poet’s Society talks about a group of boys named Neil Perry, Todd Anderson, Charlie Dalton, Knox Overstreet, Gerard Pitts, Steven Meeks and Richard Cameron who go to an all-boys prep school and restart the Dead Poet’s Society group. The beginning of the film starts when Todd Anderson is a new student at the school and his roommate is Neil Perry. Neil introduced all of his friends to Todd and made him feel welcomed to the school. The boys had grown an interest to their English class and to their English teacher named Mr. Keating. In the movie, the boys stood on their desks as Mr. Keating explained to them that they could see the world from a different perspective. They also ripped the introduction of …show more content…

At 1:26:37, Neil admits to feeling trapped which means he is too afraid to stand up to his father because he is afraid of disappointing him with his dreams of being an actor. At 1:38:12, when the woman tells Neil his father wants to speak to him, Neil seems terrified and nervous to speak to him. At 1:45:52, Neil wants to tell his father how he feels but freezes when he has the opportunity because the fear and anxiety of his father is shown and he doesn’t have the courage to speak his mind. At 1:43:56, Neil puts the headpiece of his costume from the play on his head because he still wants to be an actor. At 1:45:36, he was sitting at a desk with the gun on the table wrapped in a white cloth. He looked like he was contemplating with his life as his hands ran over the gun. With this action, Neil could of felt anxious and depressed about where his life was heading to and didn’t want to live in a world where he couldn’t do what his heart desired. Neil also could have felt like he disappointed his parents and didn’t want to be a part of it anymore because he wasn’t able to pursue his acting career. The movie did portray the abnormal behaviors well. For anxiety disorder, the pressure and stress was shown in Neil. The stress of having to impress his father and do what his father wanted him to do had built up, which led Neil to his suicide. Neil wasn’t able to do what he wanted to do because of the anxiety and fear of his dad. The type of therapy recommended for Neil would be Xanax and Behavioral therapy. The Xanax would be able to help with controlling his

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