I cried for myself and the dreams that I'm busy chasing. I cried for thousands of others who turned to his performances to get over their depression - even if just for a little while. Not for an actor who took his life, but for a human being who spread smiles and fought his depression with laughter, as long as he could. Don't you all worry." that I finally cried.
It wasn't until I saw a friend's tweet "He did not die. And therein lays the beauty of Williams and his acting.įor me and many others, I'm sure, 'carpe diem' means what it does because of Williams. Am I perfectly sure of myself now? Maybe not, but I don't second guess myself every step of the way.
I learnt that life was not about validation - from anyone. I cried harder when half his class stood on their desks chanting 'O Captain! My Captain!' as Williams’ Mr Keating was forced to say goodbye. I cried when Neil took the gun to his head. Read: Depression and death: What pushes Robin Williams of the world? The English teacher who taught his students to chase their dreams, to believe in themselves and more than anything, identify themselves, inspired me too. And it might sound like a cliché but Williams changed my life. I had heard a lot about it, but never really cared much until one bored night. I had just gotten to Class 11 when I saw Dead Poets Society for the first time. I was too 'ugly' for friends, for dreams and I had no one to smack my head and tell me otherwise. Who wants to talk to 'looking London talking Tokyo' anyway? It would be an understatement to say it didn't get under my skin. I remember a time when I was told I was too dark to be friends with. When younger, I was this short, bespectacled, squinty-eyed girl who struggled with people. Read: Celebs pay tribute to Robin Williams We all have our demons after all, don't we? Even as the creepy, lonely man in One Hour Photo, who collected photographs of a random family he came to like, he was just the lovable and innocent man struggling with his loneliness. In almost every role he played, Williams made his way to people's hearts. The "Critical Overview" section is particularly comprehensive, including excerpts from the work of several prominent critics.I tried hard not to cry at work as I thought about Robin Williams. An extensive introduction to the poem and its context. Watch a famous scene from the film Dead Poets Society in which students recite the beginning of the poem for their teacher, played by Robin Williams.Į Entry on "O Captain! My Captain!" "O Captain! My Captain!" remains a staple of the American school curriculum and appears frequently in popular culture.
This resource from the National Portrait Gallery dives in to the relationship between Walt Whitman and the subject of his elegy, President Abraham Lincoln. Two Worlds of Mourning: Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln’s Death Although it is an academic lecture, it is written in an accessible style. This is the text of a lecture by Professor Helen Vendler, a famous authority on American and British poetry. Poetry and the Mediation of Value: Whitman on Lincoln
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For audio recordings of the poem, check out the free downloadable selection from LibriVox.
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