Dead Poets Society

by N. H. Kleinbaum

Dead Poets Society: Setting 1 key example

Definition of Setting

Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or it can be an imagined... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the... read full definition
Setting
Explanation and Analysis:

The book is set at Welton Academy, a fictional boarding school in Vermont, in 1959. Welton is a stereotypical elite private school: most of the students who attend are from affluent families, “75%” of the most recent graduating class attended an Ivy League school, the academy has religious ties, and the students are all male.