Dead+Poets

@ ** Topic One: ** Write an essay that analyzes the transcendental philosophies of Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, and the plot developments in //Dead Poets Society// to demonstrate how the individual must rebel against societal conformity in order to seize the day and make life extraordinary, yet willingly accepts the consequences it entails.

@ ** Topic Two: ** Write an essay analyzing and evaluating the transcendental philosophies of Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, and the plot developments in //Dead Poets Society// to clearly demonstrate how it is necessary at times to rebel against society in order to achieve social justice.

@ ** Topic Three: ** Write an essay analyzing and evaluating the transcendental philosophies of Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, and the plot developments in //Dead Poets Society// to clearly demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of transcendentalism as it relates to society and the individual.

@ ** Topic Four: ** Write an essay that analyzes and evaluates the transcendental philosophies of Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman to clearly explore the influence it had on Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the societies in which they lived.

@ ** Topic Five: ** Write an essay that analyzes and evaluates the transcendental philosophies Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, and the plot developments in Dead Poets Society to clearly demonstrate how they used irony and other figures of speech to confront the social injustices of their day and how it relates to the world in which we live.


 * Topic Six: ** Write an essay that analyzes and evaluates the transcendental philosophies Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, and the plot developments in Dead Poets by creating your own topic. Your topic must analyze events, themes, characterization, or other literary techniques in the plot and apply them to a clear subject on which to write.

Due **BEFORE** School on 11-28