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It's been over 30 years since Robin Williams gave his impassioned 'Carpe Diem' speech as teacher John Keating in "Dead Poets Society" but I think many of you will remember it to this day. I've removed 20 words for you to put back into it.

by Midget40. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Midget40
Time
3 mins
Type
Quiz #
415,616
Updated
Mar 03 24
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Very Easy
Avg Score
19 / 20
Plays
144
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 141 (20/20), IggyPop12 (1/20), Johnmcmanners (20/20).
We don't read and write poetry because it's . We read and write poetry because we are of the human race. And the human race is filled with . And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, , romance, love, these are what we stay for.

To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?"
Answer. That you are here - that exists, and identity; that the powerful goes on and you may contribute a verse."

What will your verse be?

They're not that different from you, are they? Same . Full of hormones, just like you. , just like you feel. The world is their . They believe they're for great things, just like many of you, their are full of hope, just like you.

Did they until it was too late to make from their lives even one of what they were capable? Because, you see gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing . But if you listen real close, you can hear them their to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? ...Carpe ...hear it? ... Carpe, carpe , seize the day boys, make your lives .
Your Options
[diem] [noble] [cute] [extraordinary] [life] [destined] [iota] [eyes] [wait] [Invincible] [haircuts] [legacy] [passion] [whisper] [members] [play] [oyster] [daffodils] [beauty] [alive]

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
Answer:

"Dead Poets Society" changed directors and possible actors many times before it finally brought together the combined talents of director Peter Weir and actor Robin Williams.

Weir was a renowned Australian director but this was only his third American film and Williams was known for his comedic not dramatic talent at that time but the two of them created magic in a movie that inspired a generation to "Seize the Day".

They were assisted in this by a cast of boys including Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles who all went on to star in many projects. Matt Damon revealed in 2016 that both he and Ben Affleck auditioned for roles in the movie.

Weir apparently had all his young actors live together to help them to bond and asked them not to use modern slang or terminology even off screen during the filming. He also gave them reading material about what teenagers in the 1950s were interested in to help shape their characters.

The role of the vicar was played by the Reverend Simon Mein who was the actual vicar of St. Andrew's School in Delaware where the movie was filmed and all the extras were students from the local high schools.

There was a sequel planned with Ethan Hawke reprising his role of Todd Anderson and how he went on to follow in Keating's footsteps but the original cast were unavailable so it was cancelled.
Just as a matter of coincidence, Neil's (Robert Sean Leonard) dad wanted him to become a doctor and Leonard went on to play a doctor for 8 years on TVs "House M.D."

Neil predicts in the movie that Knox (Josh Charles) would become a lawyer and Charles goes on to play a lawyer for over 5 years on "The Good Wife" and Robin Williams was in a 1986 movie called "Seize the Day".

This speech itself is near the beginning of the movie, while Keating is trying to teach the boys that poetry is not about studying syntax and meter and cold dry facts. It is about how it makes you feel when you read it and a way to express yourself when you write it.

The boys attend a rigid prep school with a long history of tradition. They have very little choice about what they study, when or how they study it, Keating is giving them their first chance to think for themselves.

He acknowledges that their career paths are important but that they also need beauty and passion to make their lives complete and that they need to begin it now.

The whole crux of the statement is to live each day to the fullest, to find your passion and follow it with everything you have, because life is short and will be over before you know it. Only by doing this can you make your life have meaning and make your stay on earth worthwhile.

The quote from Whitman's poem illustrates this point. In it he struggles with the meaning of life and his desperation to find it. His final conclusion being that the meaning of life is to live.
Source: Author Midget40

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