Continuity mistake: When Neil is talking to Todd about doing the play, Neil takes off his jacket. In the next shot, he's holding the jacket differently.
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Peter Weir
Starring: Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, Kurtwood Smith, Robert Sean Leonard, Josh Charles
Genres: Drama
Neil's play is a huge success, but his father realises he lied about quitting the play, and pulls him out of Welton Academy. Neil commits suicide, leaving his friends distraught and the Welton administration to believe that Mr. Keating was at fault. Charlie punches Cameron and gets kicked out of school. The headmaster forces the boys to sign a paper saying it was all Keating's fault, he gets fired, but as he leaves, the remaining students shout "O Captain My Captain" and stand on their desks to salute him.
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John Keating: Boys, you must strive to find your own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all. Thoreau said, "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation." Don't be resigned to that. Break out!
Question: While Robin Williams is packing his things in his small room, he waves down out the window at whom I believe is the Latin teacher, walking along a snowy sidewalk. What is the teacher doing, exactly? It appears that he's giving a guided tour of the campus, but he's also muttering Latin words. It can't be a classroom exercise because there are only 4 or 5 people with him. Does anyone know what he's doing?
Answer: I thought it was a punishment for the pupils involved in the scandal.
Chosen answer: It is a classroom exercise. He is being followed by pupils and is reinforcing their latin vocabulary by taking them on a tour of the garden and showing them the things that the words actually relate to (edificium = building, flora = flower etc.) This contrasts with his earlier behaviour when he simply had them mindlessly recite conjugations (amamo, amamas, amabat). The point is that this illustrates how the Latin Master has been affected by his contact with Keating and has become a better teacher as a result.
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