Carpe Diem In Dead Poets Society

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In Dead Poets Society the phrase carpe diem is a main point, and on the first day of Mr. Keating’s class, he tells his students “Carpe diem,” meaning seize the day in Latin, and a small group of students take this phrase to heart. However, I believe the character Knox Overstreet and his actions exemplify carpe diem the most. He falls in love with a girl named Chris and really begins to “seize the day”. He puts his life in danger by loving this girl who is in love with a jock named Chet. After Knox goes to dinner at the Danburry’s house, he returns to Welton Academy , and during a brief conversation he tells his friends at his study group that he has met the most beautiful girl in the world. “She’s practically engaged to Chet… ,” Knox says in dismay. Although he knows that she is practically engaged, he never once attempts to destroy his feelings. Instead he only cultivates his feelings for her,even though he knows that she loves Chet and not him. During a party ,that Chris invited Knox to, Knox gets drunk, and in his drunken stupor he falls on the couch and sees
At the end of the same day that Knox reads the poem to Chris, Chris goes to Welton and tells Knox to stop what he is doing. Knox refuses and asks her if she is going to the play with Chet. She the tells him that Chet would never go to a play. Knox then asks “Then come with me,” and after Chris tells him he is frustrating, she says yes and they go to the play together. The motto in Dead Poets Society carpe diem ,meaning “seize the day”, is exemplified by each character,but I firmly believe that Knox Overstreet exemplifies this saying the most with his struggle for love. Knox struggled with his love for Chris. He never once stopped struggling even though he could've been beaten to death.I believe Knox Overstreet exemplifies carpe diem the most because of all the risks he

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