Titanic

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This paper takes a look at the block-busting move "Titanic" by James Cameron. It acknowledges that the movie was predominantly a love story, but it also had very strong socio-economic under currents. The paper provides an analysis of these dynamics.

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"In 1997, Titanic set sail again, this time into movie theaters under the command of writer and director James Cameron. With the exception of a few small poetic licenses, Cameron accurately depicts the historical events leading up to the sinking of Titanic. The main plot of his movie, though, is not about the sinking of the ship per se. Rather, it is about the doomed love affair between two fictional characters, first-class passenger Rose DeWitt Bukater and steerage passenger Jack Dawson. Complicating the story is Rose?s jealous fiance?, millionaire Caledon (?Cal?) Hockley, and Rose?s genteelly impoverished mother, Ruth. Aside from any dramatic appeal, Cameron?s Titanic is interesting from a number of sociological perspectives. It illustrates social classes, status inconsistencies, and social structures. It presents a vivid ?conflict?-based view of the way the different classes relate to one another. And finally, it offers a look at bureaucracy and at the dangers of groupthink."

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• Essay # 30425 : "The Crewmembers of the Titanic."

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