Transcendentalism and Dead Poets SocietyWritten Response

Worth: 35 points

Write a 1½—3 page paper on the following topic.

Take a position on the following question:

**Is it possible to live as a Transcendentalist in modern society?**

To develop your response to this question,connect details of the filmto Transcendentalist philosophies. You may choose to answer the question by analyzing one character or a series of characters—their lives, the choices they make, and the outcomes. Use specifics from the film and specifics(quotes) from the Transcendentalist texts that we’ve read.

There is no paragraph minimum for this. However, you must connect the film to the texts we’ve read using specific details. You must use formal language (e.g., no personal pronouns, correct citation of quotes). You will be graded on the originality of your ideas, your depth of text-to-film connections, your demonstrated understanding of Transcendentalism and DPS, and your mechanics/style.

Texts for Connection:

  • “Nature,” Emerson
  • “Self-Reliance,” Emerson
  • Walden excerpts: “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For” and “Conclusion,” Thoreau

Transcendentalism and Dead Poets SocietyWritten Response

Worth: 35 points

Write a 1½—3 page paper on the following topic.

Take a position on the following question:

**Is it possible to live as a Transcendentalist in modern society?**

To develop your response to this question, connect details of the film to Transcendentalist philosophies. You may choose to answer the question by analyzing one character or a series of characters—their lives, the choices they make, and the outcomes. Use specifics from the film and specifics (quotes) from the Transcendentalist texts that we’ve read.

There is no paragraph minimum for this. However, you must connect the film to the texts we’ve read using specific details. You must use formal language (e.g., no personal pronouns, correct citation of quotes). You will be graded on the originality of your ideas, your depth of text-to-film connections, your demonstrated understanding of Transcendentalism and DPS, and your mechanics/style.

Texts for Connection:

  • “Nature,” Emerson
  • “Self-Reliance,” Emerson
  • Walden excerpts: “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For” and “Conclusion,” Thoreau