Dead Poets Society is a film, released in 1989 about a college professor (John Keating) who inspires his students to have more transcendental ideals. Charlie Dalton is one of Keating's most loyal followers throughout the movie. Charlie comes from a wealthy family and attends Welton private school. He has a hard time conforming to authority and believes creativity can be expressed best through writing. Mr. Keating's teachings do more than inspire him. Charlie takes transcendentalism to a new extreme.
Charlie is not one to follow the rules and mold to authorities will. At the beginning of the movie Charlie is shown smoking in his friends dorm room which is absolutely prohibited at Welton. Another thing he does that shows how rebelious he is when Mr. Keating takes the boys outside for a exercise to test their originality. He has the boys march to their …show more content…
Whenever he brought the girls to a club meeting he recites poetry that he has supposedly written however it was not his, one of the recited poems was a work of Shakespear, the other was Byron. Charlie is so mischevious that he writes an annonymous letter to Headmaster Nolan saying he thinks there should be women allowed at Welton. When all the boys at Welton are asked about the prank Charlie takes It farther by pretending that the phone is ringing at when he answers it he says "Welton Academy, hello. Yes, he is. Just a moment. Mr. Nolan, it's for you. It's God. He says we should have girls at Welton" (Hansen). Charlie was later paddled for this, but instead of turning his back on the Dead Poet Society and ratting out his friends, when asked by Neil if he told on the group, Charlie just responds by saying "D*mmit, Neil, the name is Nuwanda" (Hansen). An additional example of Charlies Transcendental qualities is whenever Mr. Keating asks the boys to read their poems out loud Charlie is one of the first to read
Charlie is not one to follow the rules and mold to authorities will. At the beginning of the movie Charlie is shown smoking in his friends dorm room which is absolutely prohibited at Welton. Another thing he does that shows how rebelious he is when Mr. Keating takes the boys outside for a exercise to test their originality. He has the boys march to their …show more content…
Whenever he brought the girls to a club meeting he recites poetry that he has supposedly written however it was not his, one of the recited poems was a work of Shakespear, the other was Byron. Charlie is so mischevious that he writes an annonymous letter to Headmaster Nolan saying he thinks there should be women allowed at Welton. When all the boys at Welton are asked about the prank Charlie takes It farther by pretending that the phone is ringing at when he answers it he says "Welton Academy, hello. Yes, he is. Just a moment. Mr. Nolan, it's for you. It's God. He says we should have girls at Welton" (Hansen). Charlie was later paddled for this, but instead of turning his back on the Dead Poet Society and ratting out his friends, when asked by Neil if he told on the group, Charlie just responds by saying "D*mmit, Neil, the name is Nuwanda" (Hansen). An additional example of Charlies Transcendental qualities is whenever Mr. Keating asks the boys to read their poems out loud Charlie is one of the first to read