... conflicting movie, Dead Poets Society, and several seventeenth century poems. While the fates determined by believing in carpe diem differ in the movie and works, the similarities of the theme are noticeable in the ideas of pursuing dreams and conquering what might seem impossible. The realization of not having ... accomplished anything fulfilling and meaningful in life is expressed in the poem "On His Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-Three". In it, John Milton acknowledges the fact that "My hasting days fly on with full career./ But my late spring no bud or blossom showeth" (3-4). Th...

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