Dead Poets Society

In the opening scene from 1989 film Dead Poets Society Peter Weir’s, establishes a sense of a keen significance with the formality of the vicinity which creates a barricade type of seriousness among all of the people, shows how the new steps in someone life will lead to improved ones. The old architecture communicates the formality of the buildings as well as illustrates how aged the building, which exemplify the tradition of the school. The formality also speaks towards the way the head master spoke, with great pronunciation which again showed how serious this was for the students. The holding of the four principles; Traditions, Honor, Excellence, and Discipline, conveys to the incoming students how significant it is at the school. And when he explains each one it allowed the students to understand each and every one. Honor; dignity and the fulfillment of duty, Tradition; the love of school, country, and family, Discipline; respect for parents, teachers and headmaster, and Excellence the result of hard work; the key to all success.