Dead Poet’s SocietyAssignmentComplete writing assignment number 1 or 2. 1. Read the poem, “O Captain, My Captain” by Walt Whitman. In a five paragraph essay, detail why this poem was an appropriate poem for Robin Williams’ character. 2. Consider the saying, “Carpe Dem.” In a five paragraph essay, analyze why the saying was important in the life of 1 main character (Neil, Todd, Mr.
Keating, or Knox) and explain how you could apply the saying to your life. Minimum 250 words. O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up- for you the flag is flung- for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths- for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck, You ” ve fallen cold and dead.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still, My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will, The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done, From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won; Exult O shores, and ring O bells! But I with mournful tread, Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
The Essay on The Secret Sharer Captain Legatt Ship
"The Secret Sharer" The short story "The Secret Sharer" by Joseph Conrad centers around a character of a sea captain who is insecure and has great feelings of inadequacy on his fist job as Captain of a ship. In the story the Captain befriends a fugitive by the name of Legatt who is clearly shown to be a figment of the Captains imagination rather than an actual human being. The title of the story ...