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'''Professor Minerva McGonagall''' is a [[fictional character]] in the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' book series written by [[J. K. Rowling]]. At the beginning of the stories she is [[Head teacher|Deputy Headmistress]], head of [[Hogwarts houses#Gryffindor|Gryffindor House]], and the [[Hogwarts subjects#Transfiguration|Transfiguration]] professor at [[Hogwarts|Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], where she began teaching in [[December]] [[1956]]. McGonagall considers Transfiguration to be among the most complex and dangerous [[Magic (Harry Potter)|magic]] taught at Hogwarts.

Minerva McGonagall is acting Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, succeeding her esteemed colleague [[Albus Dumbledore]] upon his death. It is not yet clear, however, if the school will reopen after the death of Dumbledore. She is still a member of the [[Order of the Phoenix (organisation)|Order of the Phoenix]].

'''''Dead Poets Society''''' is an [[Academy Award]] winning [[1989]] film, directed by [[Peter Weir]]. It tells the story of an English teacher at a [[1950s]] boys' school who inspires his students to overcome their reluctance to make changes in their lives and stirs up their interests in [[poetry]] and [[literature]].

Her given name comes from [[Minerva]], the [[Roman mythology|Roman]] [[goddess]] of wisdom. Her surname comes from that of a 19th century [[Dundee, Scotland|Dundee]] eccentric, [[William Topaz McGonagall]], <ref>[http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/1999/1099-connectiontransc.html J.K. Rowling interview transcript, The Connection (WBUR Radio), 12 October, 1999]</ref> considered one of the worst poets in the English language.

The story is set at the fictional Welton Academy in [[Vermont]] and was filmed at [[St. Andrew's School (Middletown, Delaware)|St. Andrew's School]] in [[Delaware]]. A [[novelization]] by Nancy H. Kleinbaum based on the movie's script has also been published.

McGonagall is played by [[Dame Maggie Smith]] in the ''Harry Potter'' film adaptations.

==Plot==

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Seven boys, Neil Perry ([[Robert Sean Leonard]]), Todd Anderson ([[Ethan Hawke]]), Knox Overstreet ([[Josh Charles]]), Charlie "Nuwanda" Dalton ([[Gale Hansen]]), Richard Cameron ([[Dylan Kussman]]), Steven Meeks ([[Allelon Ruggiero]]) and Gerard Pitts ([[James Waterston]]) attend the prestigious Welton Academy [[university-preparatory school|prep school]], which is based on four principles: [[Tradition]], [[Honor]], [[Discipline]] and [[Excellence]]. According to the boys, the four pillars of "Hellton" are [[Travesty]], [[Horror (emotion)|Horror]], [[Decadence]], and [[Excrement]].

==Character description==

Among the teachers the boys meet on their first day of class is the new English teacher, John Keating (played by [[Robin Williams]]), who tells the students that they can call him "[[O Captain! My Captain!]]" (the title of a [[Walt Whitman]] poem) if they feel daring. His first lesson is unorthodox by Welton standards, taking them out of the classroom to focus on the idea of ''[[carpe diem]]'' ([[Latin language|Latin]] for 'seize the day') by looking at the pictures of former Welton students in a trophy case. In a later class Keating has Neil read the introduction to their poetry textbook, a staid essay entitled "Understanding Poetry" by the fictional academic Dr. J. Evans Pritchard, Ph.D., which describes how to place the quality of a poem on a scale, and rate it with a number, a process that was popular in literary circles at the time (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Poets_Society#Trivia_.26_Goofs trivia section below)]. Keating finds the idea of such mathematical literary criticism ridiculous and encourages his pupils to rip the introductory essay out of their textbooks. After a brief reaction of disbelief, they do so gleefully as Keating congratulates them with the memorable line "Begone, J. Evans Pritchard, Ph.D.". Eventually he also has the students stand on his desk as a reminder to look at the world in a different way, just as Henry David Thoreau intended when he wrote, "The universe is wider than our views of it" (''[[Walden]]'').

McGonagall is described as a tall, rather severe-looking woman, with black hair typically drawn into a tight bun, only letting her hair down once at the Yule Ball. She wears emerald green robes, a pointed hat that is crooked on one side and always has a very prim expression. She is, according to Rowling, a "sprightly" 70 year old.<ref> [http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/1000-scholastic-chat.htm Scolastic Chat]. accio-quote.org.</ref> She also has a fondness for tartan patterns, apparently derived from a [[Scotland|Scottish]] heritage; even her dressing gown and biscuit tin have [[tartan]] patterns. She wears square spectacles which match the markings around the eyes of her [[Animagus]] form of a silver [[tabby cat]]; McGonagall is an Animagus &mdash; a witch or wizard who is able to transform into an [[animal]] at will, and the first one to be introduced in the series. She is one of the few Animagi of the century.

Stern, snappy, and generally reserved, Professor McGonagall has nonetheless been shown to have in mind the best interests of the students at Hogwarts, her wards in Gryffindor, and [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry]] himself. McGonagall is also one of [[Albus Dumbledore]]'s staunchest supporters and is still a member of the [[Order of the Phoenix (organisation)|Order of the Phoenix]].

The rest of the movie is a process of awakening, in which the boys (and the audience) discover that authority can and must always act as a guide, but the only place where one can find out one's true identity is within oneself. To that end, the boys secretly revive an old literary club, of which Keating was a member, called the Dead Poets Society. One of the boys, Charlie Dalton, takes this a bit too far and publishes an article in the school flyer that proposes that girls be allowed at Welton, which implies that the reason for the proposed change is to give the boys pleasure. However, when the faculty learns of its existence, they demand to know who is involved to punish them for subverting the school. To add insult to injury, Charlie receives a "phone call from God" in front of Headmaster Nolan, who personally punishes him with a paddle and warns him that he had better be the only one involved. Charlie denies the involvement of anybody else and says that he acted alone.

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This free thinking brings trouble for one of the boys, Neil, who decides to pursue acting (something he loves and excels at), rather than medicine (the career his strict father ([[Kurtwood Smith]]) chose for him). Keating urges Neil to tell his father how he feels before appearing in a production of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' in which Neil had the role of Puck. However, Neil went on stage without facing his father, a highly dictatorial man whom he could not bear to face. Neil's brilliant performance fails to please his father who, instead, tells Neil of his plans to pull him out of Welton (and acting) and to enroll him in Braden Military School to prepare him for [[Harvard University]] and a career in medicine. Unable to cope with his feelings and stand up to his father, Neil commits suicide with his father's revolver.

==Role in the series==

As a consequence of Neil's suicide, Nolan holds an investigation into the tragedy to find the supposed "responsible culprits." Nolan gets help from one of the students, Richard Cameron. When Charlie Dalton finds out that Cameron has squealed on them, he furiously attacks his former friend, only to get expelled from Welton.

Minerva McGonagall is first introduced in the opening chapter of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', when she meets Albus Dumbledore at Number 4 Privet Drive, [[Little Whinging]], [[Surrey]] (the home of Harry Potter's aunt and uncle). It is immediately demonstrated that she is an [[Animagus]], as she has waited on a brick wall all day in the form of a tabby cat. In this chapter, Professor McGonagall's personality is summarised: her caring side (she is worried when Dumbledore reveals his plans to leave Harry Potter, fresh from [[Lord Voldemort]]'s devastating attack, with the Dursley family, his only living relatives); her snappy, brusque side (she criticises a number of people, including [[Rubeus Hagrid]]); and ultimately, her intelligence (to become an Animagus is very difficult, and can sometimes take years to master the magic). [[Image:Hp3 11mcgonacat.jpg|thumb|200 px|right|Prof. McGonagall in her animal form in ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (movie)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'']] As Deputy Headmistress, McGonagall is the member of staff who runs the [[Sorting Hat|Sorting Ceremony]] at Hogwarts. Harry's immediate impression of her is of someone who is not to be crossed. Throughout the series, McGonagall is the professor of Transfiguration at Hogwarts, a subject which she sees as complex and elegant. She is infamously known for giving vast amounts of homework and for tolerating no misconduct of behaviour during her classes.

McGonagall, in her capacity as Head of Gryffindor House is very keen on the success of the house [[Quidditch]] team. In the first book, after seeing Harry fly masterfully his very first time on a broom, she recommends him to fill the position of [[Seeker]], even though as a first year student he would not normally be allowed a broom. Also, in the first film, a plaque for the Gryffindor Quidditch team reads M.G. McGonagall, suggesting that at least in the canon of the films she was a member of the team. Furthermore, although a strict disciplinarian, she often assists Harry indirectly with activities that are not strictly within the rules of Hogwarts: for example, allowing Harry and his friends to use the Transfiguration classroom to practice for tasks in the [[Triwizard Tournament]]. Despite her stern front, McGonagall has been known to display a range of emotions when either unaware of observation or overcome by feeling.

All the boys confess what Keating has taught them, and Todd, who is coerced to do so by his strict father, also signs a confession casting blame on his former teacher. In this confession Keating is accused of doing acts which were much more radical than they actually were, such as inciting the boys to restart the Dead Poets Society, when in fact it was really them who found out about it and asked Keating about it. Inspired by what he had said, they recreated it themselves, without anything from Keating aside from a poetry book. Keating is fired and forced to leave Welton Academy after retrieving his belongings.

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The film concludes with the boys, led by the previously very timid Todd Anderson, standing on their desks &mdash; in front of Mr. Nolan, in open defiance &mdash; calling to Keating, "O Captain! My Captain!" to show him that his messages have been understood and appreciated while Nolan stands helpless with the realization that there are too many in this demonstration to expel quietly. With tears in his eyes, Keating says "Thank you, boys. Thank you," and the film ends on a high, but uncertain note.

Professor McGonagall is a member of the Order of the Phoenix, a fact revealed to Harry in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', and warns Harry not to provoke [[Dolores Umbridge]], who works for the [[Ministry of Magic]]. Nevertheless, she and Umbridge seemed to have a mutual dislike for each other, as Umbridge continuously usurped more and more power from the staff and from Dumbledore and McGonagall in particular. McGonagall attempted to stop Umbridge and her fellow Ministry officials from unjustly taking Hagrid away by force, and paid for it when she was hit by four [[Stunning Spell]]s. Taken from the school to [[St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries|St Mungo's]], she returned to the school some time after the battle at the Ministry for Magic, though she temporarily used a [[walking stick]] to support herself. When Umbridge attempted to leave the school unnoticed, [[Peeves]] borrowed the walking stick to chase Umbridge gleefully from the premises (along with a sack of [[chalk]]). Professor McGongall is heard to say that she would have also chased her out if Peeves hadn't taken her walking stick.

===Alternative ending===

The original ending had Keating dying of [[leukemia]], vindicating his 'carpe diem' philosophy. Neil Perry's father sues both Keating for corrupting Neil, and the school for compensation and emotional suffering. Todd and the other 'Dead Poets' are told by Nolan to testify against Keating, in exchange for a clean record of any wrong-doing. Cameron is the only one who testifies against his former teacher, feeling that the school needs a [[scapegoat]]. Instead, the rest of the boys defend him and explain that Neil chose to act on his own beliefs rather than be influenced. Keating is acquitted of all charges, much to the fury of Neil Perry's father, who spends his last years in depression and sorrow over the loss of his hopes for Neil and his "legacy." The boys are put on disciplinary probation, while Keating goes into hospital as his condition worsens. At the end of the film, Keating dies. Peter Weir changed the script to emphasize more the boys' personal journey, but he has stated that he wished he had gone with the original ending.<ref>http://imdb.com/title/tt0097165/trivia</ref>

After the death of Albus Dumbledore at the hands of [[Severus Snape]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', she again became the acting Headmistress of Hogwarts. Whether she will continue to hold the post of Headmistress is not yet apparent at the conclusion of that book, especially since she and others question whether Hogwarts will even stay open. Still, several quotes from characters and events have hinted that she will indeed become the next Head of Hogwarts. For example, Hagrid refers to her almost immediately after Dumbledore's death as the ''Headmistress''. Minerva also tells Harry to go to "her" office. The office she took him to was the Headmaster/Headmistress' office. If McGonagall does indeed continue in the position, she will need to appoint a new Deputy Head, Head Of Gryffindor House and Transfiguration Professor.

==Awards and nominations==

''Dead Poets Society'' won the [[Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay]], and was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor in a Leading Role]] (Robin Williams), [[Academy Award for Directing|Best Director]] and [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. This movie ranked number 20 on [[Entertainment Weekly|Entertainment Weekly's]] list of the [http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1532588_1_0_,00.html 50 Best High School Movies].)

With the departure of Severus Snape, she will also have the duty to appoint a new Defence Against The Dark Arts Professor and Head of Slytherin House. The post of Potions Master was taken over by [[Horace Slughorn]] in the first term, and he filled in as Head of Slytherin House when Severus Snape fled after killing Dumbledore. However, Slughorn only initially agreed to return to Hogwarts for one year, he may leave before the next school year starts. The position of Head of Gryffindor is also unclear: the fourth senior teacher present in the Headteacher's office at the end of ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' was Hagrid, a former Gryffindor, leading to speculation that McGonagall will appoint him as her replacement in Gryffindor. However, he is not a very competent wizard, having been expelled in his third year.

==Trivia==

Though injured by four stunning spells in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', McGonagall is an exceptional duelist, capable of holding her own against much younger and more agile [[Death Eaters]], as seen in ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''. [[Madam Pomfrey]] also comments on Minerva's impressive power and skill as a witch, remarking that "As if [[Dolores Umbridge]] and her Minions could have Stunned Minerva McGonagall face on by daylight! Cowardice, that's what it was...Despicable cowardice." She was also able to come out of the fight against the Death Eaters in the sixth book with only tattered robes.

* In some circles, this movie bears the unofficial nickname ''One Flew Over the Robin's Nest'' because of several thematic similarities to ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest|...Cuckoo's Nest]]''. A few analysts categorize this film as a variation on ''OFOTCN'', one in which: [[Robin Williams]] has the [[Jack Nicholson]] role; [[Norman Lloyd]] and [[Kurtwood Smith]] share [[Louise Fletcher]]'s, and [[Robert Sean Leonard]] is in [[Brad Dourif]]'s.

** A prime example of such similarity lies with the basic concept shared by ''DPS'' and ''OFOTCN'': the hero, a slightly-rebellious misfit, gets thrust into a rigidly pro-[[conformist]] atmosphere; consequently, our hero struggles to change it for the better...lest they be changed by it for the worse.

** As with most cases like this one, our hero rallies others (sometimes few, sometimes many) in the same situation to his/her cause; sooner or later, individually or collectively, our hero must confront the director/head/leader (or a leading representative) of the oppressive entity s/he has pitted himself/herself against.

** Moreover, our hero has a tendency to snatch victory from defeat; that is, to leave a lasting impression of the ideal(s) which s/he has struggled to uphold in the face of overwhelming opposition. Said impression is commonly left both on those who struggled alongside our hero, and on those who struggled against him/her.

==Other Media==

* The introductory essay that Keating has his students read from their poetry textbook near the beginning of the movie is taken nearly word-for-word from an early chapter of [[Laurence Perrine]]'s ''Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry'', which is still occasionally used by [[Advanced Placement English|AP English]] classes in the United States.

Minerva McGonagall appeared in the ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' episode "[[Password: Swordfish (Robot Chicken episode)|Password: Swordfish]]" voiced by [[Emma Caulfield]]. She teaches a class as Harry and Ron worry about the puberty creature Pubertis getting to them.

==References==

* The inspiration for the Keating character is [[University of Connecticut]] English professor [[Samuel F. Pickering Jr.]], a former teacher of author [[Thomas Schulman]] at [[Montgomery Bell Academy]] in Nashville, TN.

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== External links ==

* [[Bill Murray]] and [[Dustin Hoffman]] were both considered for the role of John Keating. Before Peter Weir became involved with the project, [[Liam Neeson]] had the role but he was replaced with Williams.

*[http://www.hp-lexicon.org/wizards/mcgonagall.html Minerva McGonagall] at the [[Harry Potter Lexicon]].

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* [[Robert Sean Leonard]] went on to play a doctor in the TV show ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', which is what his character's father in Dead Poets Society had wanted him to become, and on <i>House</i> Leonard's character even commonly interacts with another character named Cameron (although this Cameron is a woman).

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* The film was also inspired by the book ''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]'' by [[James Hilton]], which has been adapted for television or film at least four times.

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* Costars [[Ethan Hawke]] and [[Robert Sean Leonard]] would later play high school friends in ''[[Tape (film)|Tape]]''.

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* The film has become standard viewing for many high school English classes in North America.

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* An [[electronic mailing list]] called [[Dead Runners Society]] was inspired by the film. Its motto is "carpe viam" (seize the road).

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* In one scene, a bagpipe player stands on the docks in the middle of the night. The song played is "[[The Fields of Athenry]]", an Irish ballad that tells the story of a man who stood up against 'the famine' and 'the crown' and was arrested for it. This echoes the boys' actions; they stood up against the school and were punished, even though they did it for the right reasons. (The song is often taken to be a very old ballad, but was actually composed in the 1970s, while the film is set in the 1950s; it is an [[anachronism]]).

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* Samples from this movie were used in the title track of ''[[A Change of Seasons]]'', a 1995 [[EP]] by [[progressive metal]] band [[Dream Theater]].

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* Director Peter Weir chose to shoot the film in chronological order to better capture the development of the relationships between the boys and their growing respect for Keating.

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* Charlie Dalton writes his poem on the centerfold of Elaine Reynolds, Miss October 1959 in an unknown magazine.

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* The uniform of Welton Academy shares characteristics with that of director Weir's high school, [[The Scots College]], including the use of the rampant lion on blazer breast pocket. The major difference is that Welton's uses red and blue, while Scots' uses a gold and blue colour system.

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* The quotation from [[Henry David Thoreau]] read at the beginning of each meeting is incorrect. It actually reads "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. … I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner…" (61) (''[[Walden]]'', 1854).

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* The line that Keating refers to from Whitman's poem "Song of Myself" is also misquoted. The line actually reads "I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world".

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* DPS partly inspired a Bollywood hit called "Mohabbatein" starring [[Shah Rukh Khan]] and veteran actor [[Amitabh Bachchan]].

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==References and further reading==

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*[http://www.peterweircave.com/dps Crazy Dave's Dead Poets Society filmography]

*[http://www.antiromantic.com/dps/index.asp AntiRomantic.com: Dead Poets Society - Death of a Romantic]

*[http://instantmovies.blogspot.com/2007/01/dead-poets-society-1989-pg-128mins.html Dead Poets Society at Instant Movies]

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