Trivia: What does Mr. Keating tell students to call him in “Dead Poets Society”?
The Raven
O Captain! My Captain!
Ulysses
William Shakespeare
The correct answer is O Captain! My Captain!
So why is this answer correct? : Mr. Keating isn’t your average English teacher. His unique approach to teaching at this all-boys school takes students by surprise and out of their comfort zones. In one of the most memorable scenes of this 1989 film, Mr. Keating (Robin Williams) jumps onto his desk and begins shouting “O Captain! My Captain!” quoting the Walt Whitman poem by the same name. He suggests that his students call him “O Captain! My Captain!” during class.