Repression And Depression In The Film Dead Poets Society

Abstract

The aim of this Thesis is to theorize the roles of repression and subsequent depression, and how those two factors are presented in the 1989 film, Dead Poets Society. Furthermore, I argue that not only do the aspects of repression and depression develop the plot of the film, but that a literary analysis of the film itself, while using the characters as examples, serves as a commentary on real-world connections. Analyzing the “Carpe Diem” genre of literature, and further analyzing real-world applications of that particular genre of poetry.