DPS¹

Personality: Strict, cold, mechanical, and completely lacking in empathy. Demands absolute obedience and rote memorization.

Dynamics: He severely punishes any distractions (like when he catches the boys with the clandestine radio). He's the perfect reflection of the standard Welton teacher

Personality: Skeptical, pragmatic, cynical, but not necessarily evil. He represents the teacher who has accepted the system and given up on changing the world.

Philosophy: He believes that Keating's method of teaching students to be "free thinkers" is dangerous at that age and will ultimately harm them in real life.

Dynamics: She serves as Keating's intellectual counterweight. They have friendly debates in the dining room where she warns him about the consequences of his methods.

Personality: Passionate, revolutionary, empathetic, charismatic, and deeply humane. A former student of Welton and a former member of the first generation of the Dead Poets Society.

Teaching method: Unconventional. It encourages students to tear out pages from technical books, to climb on desks to see the world from a different perspective, and to live by the motto Carpe Diem.

Role: He is the mentor, the positive father figure, and the spark that ignites the identity of Neil, Todd, and the others. Traditional teachers view him with suspicion and disdain.

Personality: Authoritarian, dogmatic, ruthless, and ultra-conservative. He is the living embodiment of Welton's rigidity.
She believes that traditional education is the only way to mold successful men. But she decided to try including girls for this new season.

Philosophy: It does not tolerate free thought, rebellion, or deviations from the rules. It prefers physical punishment (beatings with a wooden paddle) and psychological intimidation to losing control of the school.

Dynamics: Keep a close eye on Keating and use fear to pressure the boys (especially Cameron) when he's looking for someone to blame.

Personality: Tall, quiet, pragmatic, reserved but loyal. He tends to go along with other people's plans.

Particularity: He believes he will die young, so the concept of Carpe Diem resonates with him on an existential level.

Dynamics: Meeks' inseparable companion in his experiments and intellectual pranks

Personality: The academic genius of the group, brilliant, friendly, intellectual and with a great sense of humor

Skills: Build an underground radio station with Pitts. Enjoy literature and learning without the pressure of being a social outcast.

Dynamics: Very close to Pitts; brings logic and technical fun to meetings

Personality: Conformist, fearful, rigid, methodical, and submissive to authority. Follows the rules above all else.

Role in the story: Although he enjoys the cave, he is the first to betray the group and Keating when things get tough in order to save his academic future (within the canon)

Dynamics: The conservative counterweight within the group of friends

Personality: A hopeless romantic, persistent, bold, and somewhat clumsy in love

Motivation: He's hopelessly in love with Chris Noel, a girl who's engaged to an athlete from another school. He risks everything (even getting hurt) to recite poems to her and win her heart.

Dynamics: Driven by Carpe Diem, focused purely on romance

Personality: Rebellious, bold, egocentric, impulsive, and hedonistic. He is the most extroverted and defiant of authority at Welton.

Key actions: He calls himself "Nuwanda," takes girls to the cave, plays the saxophone, and is usually the one who ends up in more trouble than everyone else.

Dynamics: The life of the party; not afraid of corporal punishment

Personality: Extremely shy, anxious, withdrawn, insecure, and quiet. He lives in the shadow of his older brother's academic success.

Evolution: He possesses a brilliant and poetic inner world that only Keating and Neil manage to unlock.

Dynamics: Neil's roommate. He relies heavily on the emotional support of his friends to gain confidence.

Personality: A natural leader, enthusiastic, charismatic, idealistic, and sensitive. He is the driving force of the group. He hides a deep despair and fear of his strict father, who tends to control much of his life. He is protective of those close to him and kind to everyone.

Passion: Acting and theater (he plays Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream). Although he also enjoys poetry.

Dynamics: Todd's best friend. Leader of the second generation of the "Dead Poets Society"

The main characters belong to the second generation of a group called the Dead Poets Society. They meet secretly in a cave outside the academy, in the woods at night, to read poetry and express themselves freely; sometimes they smoke and drink. Their motto is Carpe Diem (Seize the day), instilled by Professor John Keating, who is their role model and whose approval everyone in the group seeks.

Welton Academy (1959), an ultra-conservative boys' boarding school based on the pillars of Tradition, Honor, Discipline and Excellence.
Quite demanding and strict with the students