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John Keatings and "The Dead Poet's Society", 2005.
An analysis of the main character in the film "The Dead Poet's Society" and his role as an educator.
1,536 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper analyzes the character of John Keatings in the film "The Dead Poet's Society" and considers where Keatings and the prep school he teaches at fit in, in the philosophies of education. The paper contrasts Keatings' philosophy on education with that of the school philosophy and concludes that Keatings' philosophy is by far the superior of the two.
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"John Locke wrote of education, "Virtue is harder to be got than knowledge of the world; and, if lost in a young man, is seldom recovered." John Keatings believes in this Lockian principle, but only to a certain degree. In his classroom, Keatings stressed virtue: He taught his students how to live and feel and treat one another as much as he taught them to classics. In fact, he deliberately skips the theoretical works in the class - even having his students dramatically rip out the pages of a methodical, unfeeling treatise on how to understand and appreciate poetry - in favor of poetry that makes his students feel and interact with one another."
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John Keats and Matthew Arnold, 2002.
Compares how John Keats and Matthew Arnold viewed their roles as poets in society.
3,082 words (approx. 12.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 90.95
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Poets' conceptions of their roles in society can be fairly consistent for long periods of time or may change rapidly in a decade or two. The difference between the idea of a poet's function as conceived by the Romantic era and the Victorian period provides an example of significant change. The paper shows that not all the supposed members of any school of poetry share every aspect of the predominant theory of poetry in their generation. It shows that neither John Keats (1795-1821) nor Matthew Arnold (1822-88) is entirely typical of his era. But, especially because Arnold reacted against Keats--among others--in specific, articulated ways, a comparison of their ideas of their role as poets in this paper demonstrates how such changes take place and the effect they have on the poetry that is written.
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"The expression of his experience in the poems relied, therefore, on the intelligent apprehension of the beautiful but necessarily avoided the interference occasioned by philosophical rigor or conventional belief systems. Rather than acting as a scientist who catalogues experience or an overt expressionist who presents her/his feelings in all their immediacy and as an end in themselves, Keats valued the ability to go as deeply as possible into feeling and then to communicate and transform the experience with words that, rather than refining and limiting the experience, conveyed an accurate sense of the ambiguity as well as the nature of the experience. He desired, in other words, a meaningful description of what was conventionally indescribable while avoiding a vocabulary or style that would constrain the sense of feeling he wished to express. It was, in short, a poetry of sensation. His most famous formulation of this aspect of his poetic practice came in a letter written to his friend Benjamin Bailey in 1817."
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John Keats, 2002.
A review of two articles which discuss John Keats: "John Keats and Symbolism" by Jeffrey and "The Stylistic development of Keats" by Walter Jackson Bate.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper critically analyzes 2 articles written on his style and imagery and contends that his writing was one of the most stylistic of his era and commended the Romantic poets of his time.
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John Keats' Poems, 2005.
This paper discusses the thematic and stylistic differences between John Keats' poems "Hyperion" and "The Fall of Hyperion".
1,300 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper explains that, whether or not it is a fragment, "The Fall of Hyperion" is somewhat a necessary component, to the precursor "Hyperion", which completes the poet's thoughts concerning history, language, art, poetry and mankind. The author points out that, in a sense, "Hyperion" and "The Fall of Hyperion" represent the life of John Keats, the poet; while the theme is still the same, the poet is definitely different. The paper stresses that "Hyperion" and "The Fall of Hyperion" remain faithful to the romantic movement that John Keats helped establish; however, they move in almost different directions--a talent Keats mastered with his text. Several quotations.
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"Later, as the poet describes Apollo, we see less of a fully described man and more of a creature that allows the poet to expand his imaginative technique. In short, his character adds to the sensuality we are experiencing. An example of this style can be seen when the poet writes, "Beside the osiers of a rivulet,/Full ankle-deep in lilies of the vale" (III.33-5). These images enhance the style and theme of "Hyperion," which is one that is grand, beautiful, and hopeful. Hope for attaining truth and beauty do come with a price, however."
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John Keats, 2005.
This paper discusses John Keats, considered to be one of the most important of the Romantic poets, especially his poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn".
1,630 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper explains that one of the central aspects of the Romantic poets, particularly John Keats, is the belief in the supreme power of the imagination, which is important not only to "Ode on a Grecian Urn" but also to all of his work. The author points out that "Ode on a Grecian Urn" represents and emphasizes a sense of both permanency, the mutability and the changing nature of ordinary human life and the inevitable march towards certain death. The paper relates that the last two lines of the poem are famous in their succinct summation of the entire meaning of the poem: All we know or need to know, they suggest, is the beauty of art. Many quotations.
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"The "Urn" became a symbol of eternity and an ideal reality, which "teases us" and creates an inner tension as we compare the ideal world of the "Urn" to the pain and suffering of ordinary life. The "Urn" then becomes a "Cold Pastoral"; an object that awakens us sharply to the tragedy of our own mortality. The third stanza emphasizes the happiness and joy in the never-ending activity of the figures on the "Urn". The poem emphasizes the main theme again in that the "Urn" figures act as a direct comparison to the change and mutability of ordinary life."
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John Keats, 2004.
This paper discusses John Keats and the Cockney School of poetry.
1,675 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper explains that John Keats is undoubtedly one of the finest poets of the Romantic era, but he was regularly criticized for being a follower of Cockney school of thought. The author states that the Cockney style was a derogatory term used to define a certain poetic or writing style, charged with vulgarity, superficiality, lack of class, and masculinity; thus, Keats?s association with Leigh Hunt proved to be extremely disastrous for the young poet who was rudely and ruthlessly accused without actual study of his work. The paper concludes that Keats does exhibit Cockney influences, especially where defiance of cultural and political restrictions is concerned; however, his poems should be completely acquitted from the charges of vulgarity or lack of morality.
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"However, the very same poem became an English classic and modern critics have explained the severe criticism of Keats? early poems. G. A. Mathews explains that Keats unfortunately published his work during a time when it "it was hardly possible for a creative writer associated with one side to receive fair treatment from a reviewer employed by the other." But Keats can be termed a Cockney poet if we focus on some of the positive aspects and similarities of his work with that of Leigh Hunt. Despite what critics said about Keats? work, the only real Cockney influence on his work was reflected in his desire to deviate from fixed social, political and poetic rules. If his work did not exhibit clear structure, it was to some extent intentional because Keats shared with Hunt a desire to rebel against societal and political restrictions."
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John Keats And His Poetry, 2008.
An analysis of the life and most famous poems of John Keats.
3,043 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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This paper discusses the life and poetry of John Keats. It describes a background of his family and his short life. The paper analyzes some of his famous works, including "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer," "Ode to a Nightingale" and "Ode on a Grecian Urn." The paper discusses why, in his short life, Keats was placed among the great English poets. It also provides an appendix of the three poems it discusses.
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"His poem becomes a vehicle to relate the various scenes around the urn that the artist was trying to relate. He tells of lover and his beloved, the piper, the procession taking the bull to a sacrifice. These scenes are sufficiently ambiguous that Keats must pose his many questions in the first and fourth stanzas. Because the urn cannot answer in specifics, these questions pass to the reader/viewer, who is left to provide his own answers. Keats, knowing that he cannot know these details, poses his own interpretations for the stories the urn reveals. (Percarmona)"
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"Dead Poets' Society", 2002.
A review of the film "Dead Poets' Society".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This is a critical analysis of the film "Dead Poets' Society". It is based on the generative thesis, from Pauline Kael: "Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate the great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them." Combining this sentiment with the analysis of the film in terms of Aristotelian drama, the essay concludes that said film is too conflict-driven to be great art, contains too much pathos to be great trash, and is thus merely trash by dint of its constant unoriginality. Specific examples from the film are cited.
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"Republic", "Dead Poets Society" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo?s Nest", 2002.
This paper discusses and compares Plato?s 'Republic', 'Dead Poets Society' and 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo?s Nest', with a focus on the messages they give out.
2,789 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 83.95
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The following paper examines how movies can be even more instructive than more obviously ?serious? forms of education because they wrap their messages in linguistic texts that are easier for us to recognize and understand. Plato?s Republic, Dead Poets Society and One Flew Over the Cuckoo?s Nest each tell us something about the often precarious (and sometimes non-existent) balance between individual rights and desires and the conformity required by society to maintain organization.
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"It is braver, although in many ways more difficult, to keep trying to change society for decades ? to understand that the fight must be continued for year after year ? than to surrender. The difficulty of the fight in the long run is also the message of One Flew Over the Cuckoo?s Nest. These inmates, unlike the students, are not in the first blush of youth. They understand that life is a series of the same battle fought over and over, and that those who come closest to winning on at least a personal level are those willing to lose skirmishes and then to return to fight again.
To the extent that the gods have given us the power to be wise, Plato and Socrates would have told us, we must use it to discover the nature of the natural and social worlds. But we must keep always with us ? like a mental Praetorian guard ? a constant reminder that we are limited in what we can and do know. Plato ? and Socrates too, despite his enemies? accusations of impiety ? knew that the wise person is the truly humble person, acceding omniscience, like omnipotence, to the gods alone even as he or she strains to see the world beyond the cave, and then to go forth to do whatever is humanly possible."
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John Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale", 2005.
This paper discusses the stylistic aspects of John Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale".
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This paper explains that, in "Ode to a Nightingale", Keats contrasts his idealized view of a nightingale with his jaded opinion of man's life. The author points out that, as the poem proceeds, his response to the bird's song begins as a celebration of the magnificent "immortal bird" before devolving into a lamentation about the "palsies" and "leaden-eyed despairs" of mankind. The paper relates that Keats' varying diction, imagery and tone correspond to the poem's shifting focus and help the reader to understand the narrator's changing responses to the nightingale.
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"Like his diction and imagery, Keats' tone alternates between elevated and debased as his attention focuses on the nightingale and on man's plight. The poem's first two stanzas portray an ecstasy so great that the poet feels almost insufficient to express it. He can only compare it to a pleasant intoxication-"as though of hemlock I had drunk, / Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains" (lines 2-3). He feels "too happy" (line 6) on contemplating the joy of the nightingale. This ecstatic tone continues through the end of the second stanza when he hopes to "drink, and leave the world unseen, / And with thee fade away into the forest dim" (lines 19-20)."
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The Poetry of John Keats, 2002.
This paper looks at three poems by John Keats: "When I Have Fears", "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" and "The Human Season", critiquing them according to the teachings of Helen Vendler.
1,068 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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According to Vendler, there are several aspects one should look at when critiquing poetry. This paper studies a few of these methods, applying them to the chosen poems of Keats. The critical aspects are meaning, rhythm, rhyme, structure and images.
Table of Contents:
A Short History
Brief Technical Study
Meaning
Rhythm
Rhyme
Structure
Images
The Style of Keats
Conclusions
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"It is important to be able to paraphrase the poem to understand the meaning therein. In When I have fears, Keats is saying, "When I am frightened that I might die before I'm finished writing, or before I can experience love, I feel utterly alone." The Human Seasons is a comparison of the seasons of nature to that of a man's life. Spring is the spryness of youth, Summer is maturity of young adulthood, Autumn is reflection of middle age and Winter is old age and death. La Belle Dame Sans Merci is a story of how a knight was enthralled by a beautiful woman. He loved her, but she toyed with him and in the end, abandoned him."
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"What the Thrush Said" by John Keats, 2002.
This paper is an analysis of the poem "What the Thrush Said" by John Keats.
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The following paper discusses Keats' poem "What the Thrush Said", by examining the passage of the seasons in the poem, the rhyme scheme, personifications, themes of darkness and lightness, ignorance and joy and finally analyzing the roles of the listener and speaker.
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"The title "What the Thrush Said..." indicates that the speaker is a bird, yet throughout the poem, the only other evidence of this is in line 10 when the thrush refers to singing and says, "My song comes native with the warmth". The things that the thrush speaks of in the poem are not especially birdlike in the sense in that they are bleak things such as snow-clouds and freezing stars instead of cheerful and beautiful things that are usually associated with birds. The thrush speaks soberly and in long sentences, unlike the quick, excited and melodious chirping of a bird. The thrush's voice is formal and very nearly like that of a prophet, saying things such as "O fret not after knowledge - I have none." while at the same time contradicting him/herself by speaking in a way that clearly conveys the birds knowledge, whether true or false, to the listener."
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John Keats' "Bright Star, Would I Were as Thou Art", 2004.
A close analysis of John Keats' "Bright Star, Would I Were as Thou Art".
1,395 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper analyzes Keats' poem with respect to the laws of a Shakespearean sonnet and the spirit of the Romantics. The paper examines the wording, motif, style, diction, religious associations and use of personification to analyze and interpret the meaning of the poem.
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"In his poem, "Bright Star, Would I Were as Thou Art"(1819), Keats (John, 1795-1821) allows a close insight into a moment of intimacy between lovers while one is sound asleep and the other--who narrates--wishes to eternally stand guard beside his beloved one. By constructing a definite scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet, Keats exploits the classical elements of such a love sonnet (e.g., courtly love, masculine subjection before a mistress, and so on) to the advantage of, generally, the themes and ideals of his time , such as the mystery in nature, solitude, the meditation of the creative spirit; where personally, Keats 'injects' into the poem the themes more common of his style: the recognition of the claims of passion and emotion in the living and the vulnerability and temporality in human life as overshadowed by death. An even more intimate perception of the poem would eventually reveal the innuendoes related to Keats' own tragic love-life, and not in vain, for it was characteristic of the poets of that period to "invite [their] readers to identify the hero with the writer. ""
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"The Dead Poets' Society", 2007.
A look at the psycho-social concepts present in the film "The Dead Poets' Society."
1,064 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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The paper discusses how the film is based upon conformity of behavior according to accepted traditions and accepted societal standards of the 1950s in America. The paper portrays how acting was not an accepted vocation, as accepted vocations were those which carried prestige and high salaries. The paper shows how the ideas of gender roles in adolescents, especially boys and narrow tradition-based attitudes about what is valuable in society are represented graphically in this film.
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"The story centers on a group of boys in a very traditional private school for boys, and all the problems of both the boys and their teachers. It focuses on a particularly avant-guard literature teacher played by Robin Williams, Mr. Keating. In the opening scene we meet the boys coming for school, and a collage of scenes gives us the idea that this school has very solid traditions. The theme of group behavior and tradition is a constant background in the film with techniques like bagpipes, walls full of portraits, monuments and costumes."
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Revelations from John Keats' Letters, 2002.
This essay analyzes further evidence that Keats' letters offer as regards to his attitudes, ideas and feelings. It also emphasises what can be learned about his family, his critics, his reading and his historical or social and cultural background.
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The first section of this paper analyses Keats' ideas such as transcendence, death, nature and so on, and how much of his personal ideas exposed within his letters are emphasised within his poetry especially his 'Odes'. The second section describes what is revealed within the letters regarding his family, social life and many other aspects within his life and career as a poet.
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"Keats' letters are a series of letters to his family and friends, expressing his views upon a wide range of issues, not the least of which were literary, moral and philosophical. It is deemed obvious that from his letters creates a man who had so much to say but so little time and space to say it all, and this becomes clear as the letters stray from one subject to another. It is apparent in many of his letters that his ideas are not fully developed and the reader can easily see his thoughts and ideas taking shape as he gropes for the right words. Within these letters Keats shows his mind at word as he grappled with his ideas about poetry, about the actual nature of a poet and the obvious relationships between poetry, reality, philosophy and most importantly feelings. He also had the ability to conjure up amazing imagery and phrases within his letters."
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