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Dead Poets Society Plot The story took place in 1959. Welton Academy was a conservative but well-respected boy’s prep school where education was a pragmatic and rather dull affair. The school life dragged on with all the formal and inactive lectures until one day a new English teacher, John Keating, came and stirred the stagnant (死气沉沉) water. Keating was an unconventional educator who tried to shape his students into “free thinkers” in and after class. He guided the students in feeling the power of words and ideas. He urged them to fully experience every moment, to perceive the world from different angles, and to maintain uniqueness and individuality. The students’ vision was magically transformed by Dead Poets Society --- an old organization in which the young Keating had read and felt romantic poetry with his fellow students and had started his quest for the true essence of life. Keating’s students revived it and followed suit by meeting at night in a cave. The adventures of mind and soul gave them big thrills as well as the temptation to explore the unknown. Yet Keating’s unconventional teaching methods turned the school authority against him. The story ended up with a disaster: one of his most brilliant students committed suicide because he found parental interference and pressure unbearable. Keating was blamed for the boy’s death and forced to leave. Keating was blamed for the boy’s death and forced to leave. Yet his relentless idealist experiments in Welton did bear fruits and added a hopeful and comforting touch to his dismissal: despite the school master’s threats, Keating’s students stood on the desks---the very stance Keating would like them to take so that they could see things differently---to pay respect to their teacher. Questions: 1. About FORM “A film is a work of art,… when it conveys an idea, must convey that idea artistically.” (1) Setting (背景). Where is the film set? Identify one or two settings and clearly explain the impact each has on the