电影《死亡诗社》英语课件

Carpe diem!
Of all the characters, which are you more like? Why?
Which of the characters are you most unlike? Why?
How does “Dead Poets’ Society” illustrate the importance of attitudes?
Which controls you the more? In what way?
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear, nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck all the marrow of life,
- Henry David Thoreau
What does Thoreau mean by this statement? What is the benefit of going out into the woods to live deliberately?
O me! O life! O me! O life! of the questions of these recurring. Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill'd with the foolish. Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?) Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean, of the struggle ever renew'd. Of the poor results of all, of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me, Of the empty and useless years of the rest, with the rest me intertwined, The question, O me! so sad, recurring -- What good amid these, O me, O life? Answer. That you are here--that life exists and identity. That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse. (what will your verse be?)
-WALT WHITMAN -1819-1892
Native American Proverb
When you were born, You cried and the world rejoiced! Live your life in such a way that
When you die The world cries and
Freud taught that there are two life forces in us:
Eros: the life wish = craves challenges/adventures Thanatos: the death wish = longs for safety/comfort
-ROBERT HERRICK来自百度文库1591-1674
How would you live your life differently, if you realized that, like the rosebud, one day you will no longer breathe, walk around, or socialize on a physical plane?
Characters
Mr. John Keating Mr. McAlister Mr. Nolan Mr. Perry
Todd Anderson Neil Perry Charles Dalton Knox Overstreet Steve Meeks Gerard Pitts John Hopkins Richard Cameron
You rejoice!
“Whenever you do something, make it EXTRAORDINARY”
What’s your future?
When people peruse the annuals of Loyola, will you just be one of the many? Will you make your life extraordinary or ordinary?
How were the characters challenged by Mr. Keating’s “carpe diem” philosophy?
To the Virgins, Make Much of Time
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying, And this same flower that smiles today, To-morrow will be dying.