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Who is Responsible for the Death of Neil Perry?
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... Who is Responsible for the Death of Neil Perry? "Dead Poets Society" is set in New England, America, in 1959. The main characters are Neil Perry, Knox Silverstreet, Charlie Dawlton, Mr Perry, Chris and Mr Keating. Neil is the main character and is emotionally immature. He sets up the Dead Poets Society after hearing about it from Mr Keating, his teacher. In this essay I aim to assess who is responsible for the death of Neil Perry. Firstly, Mr Keating may be to blame. He encourages his pupils to have independent ideas. For instance, in their second English lesson, he instructed the boys to rip out the preface to their poetry textbooks, because he believed that the pupils should develop their own responses to poetry rather than follow the guidance of the editor. In addition, Mr Keating tells the boys to "seize the day". For example, in the first lesson, he














