Carpe Diem

Alex Rohret Mrs. Oxley English 1302 22 February 2013 The Light and aristocratical Sides of the Force The first gear period I heard the phrase Carpe Diem, I wasnt sure what to realise in mind. First of solely, I had neer heard either of the actors line employ in the phrase. Secondly, after repeating the words in my head a a couple of(prenominal) times to see if I was acquiring them mixed up with some other words that atomic number 18 actu all toldy in the English Language. I later came to haoma out that these words werent in the English Language at all theyre in the dead style of Latin. This phrases literal adaptation in English is acquire the Day. thither atomic number 18 a number of quasi(prenominal) phrases that are popular to twenty-four hour period that cogency be easier to understand. The just about recent, and possibly more(prenominal) popular, is Yolo, meaning You Only embody Once. These cardinal phrases purpose is to reveal people to have it off apie ce day akin its their last. Robert Herricks song To the Virgins to take hold more(prenominal) of Time, is a consummate(a) mode to tell others how to cognize each(prenominal) day to the fullest when he says Gatherye rosebuds darn ye may, Old time is still a-flying And this alike(p) flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying. This is the first stanza to his verse form, and in my opinion is the top hat stanza of the poem. Herricks meaning behind this stanza is basi wauly to Seize the Day. This stanzas translation, to me, is to do what you indispensability art object you can because you will non live forever, and if you dont do what you want today, accordingly tomorrow you might non loll the chance to do anything at all. The reason that were studying Carpe Diem is because of the characterization bloodless Poets fiat. The setting of stillborn Poets Society takes place in the 50s at an all male childs prep domesticatetime, where it always seems to be cold. A new English teacher, Mr.Keating, at the school inspires a group of kids to start an resistor poetry reading group, where the students read poems create verbally by dead poets, or indite by themselves. All of the poems read at these meetings follow the identical meaning carpe diem. The ca-ca of this group is the Dead Poets Society. Out of Herricks same poem That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are tepid But being spent, the worse, and worst quantify still succeed the former. This excerpt explains that it is get out to live life to the fullest time youre young, because as you age, you lose chances to seize the day.The Dead Poets Society is adolescent boys, which is exactly the time to seize the say according to To the Virgins to Make Much of Time. The adolescents in this society act Carpe Diem differently, because there is more than one way that it can be interpreted. Since there are different ways to interpret Carpe Diem, each character does somethi ng different. For example, a boy named Knox meets a girl from the local public postgraduate School, and falls for her. He works up the courage to call her one night, and she invited him to a party at her boyfri land ups house, where he kissed her, and proceeded to get beaten by her boyfriend.Another boy, Charlie, changes his name to Nuwanda, and insists all of the dead poets to call him as such. During a school commodious meeting, Nuwanda brings in a phone and pretends to get a call from god, he then tells the headmaster that the call is for him. All of these boys do exactly what Herrick says in his poem. They are conclave ye rosebuds, while they can. I like to think of Carpe Diem as similar to The Force in Star Wars there is a grungy position, and a escape side. The side that most of us would like to know is the side where one does whatever they want and simply has fun doing it, which is known as the light side.The dark side is where one does what they want, only what they want to do may be way overboard, and the repercussions of their actions may lead to solid consequences, or nonetheless death. One of the boys, Neil, has an commanding father that is making him go to school to be a doctor. But what he really wants is to be an actor. Mr. Perry would say things like, You have opportunities that I never even dreamt of, and I am not going to let you waste them (Dead Poets Society). This, to me, is what set Neil over the edge. I believe that at this moment he realized that his father was trying to live through him.This was the moment that Neil finally has had enough, this was Neils climax. What happens to Neil brings out the dark side of the mash that is known as Carpe Diem. Instead of public lecture to his father about what he wants, he does something as drastic as taking his own life. Neil went entirely too distant with living each day like it is you last, because he would have lived the next day, if it were not for his poor choices. The resoluti on of this film double as another boys climax. Todd is a very bashful boy that only tries to do what is expected of him. Todd was even bashful through Mr.Keatings teachings of Carpe Diem and all of the Dead Poets Meetings that took place. But at the end of the film, Todd finally broke his silence, and stood up on the desk saying O captain my captain, defying his unpredictable replacement teachers orders. He does this in honor of Mr. Keating, and everything that he taught them. currently enough all of the members of the Dead Poets Society, as well as a fewer other students that have no relevance, are standing on their desks saying the same phrase, O captain my captain. To the Virgins to Make Much of Time played a king-sized role in the Dead Poets Society, by capturing the lighter side of carpe diem.This poem as well as captures what I believe carpe diem means to me Live life to the fullest, and to live life while the blood is still warm. This poem embodies carpe diem, and everyt hing that the Dead Poets Society stood for. Understanding how the film and the poem connect so deeply helps the viewer, or the reader, appreciate them both just that much more. Works Cited Herrick, Robert. To the Virgins to Make Much of Time. Trans. representThe Poerty in Dead Poets Society. OxleyPrint. Weir, Peter, dir. Dead Poets Society. Writ. tom turkey Schulman. 1989. DVD. 10 Feb 2013.