Dead Poets/Society: How a Great American Classic Reflects the Fatal Shortcomings of American Schools

Authors

• Sophia Shapiro, Dominican University of CaliforniaFollow

Abstract

Rarely do the worlds of film and academia coalesce in ways that change public discourse of both entirely. Almost always, endeavors to join these two very dissident disciplines fall flat in one realm or the other. But, every so often, a special feature becomes cinematic royalty for the world of academia, and none stands out as a larger paragon than Dead Poets Society.