TITANIC

TITLE
Setting:

 Titanic Wreck
 Titanic Canyon
 North Atlantic
 Atlantic Ocean.

Characters:

 Jack Dawson- He is a penniless artist who is able to board the Titanic after
winning tickets in a lucky game of poker. Jack boards the ship with his Italian
friend Fabrizio, and also befriends the fellow third-class passenger Tommy Ryan.
Jack spots Rose on the ship's decks, and later saves her from taking her own
life. At dinner, Jack impresses several of Rose's acquaintances in first class with
his carpe diem attitude and zest for life. Rose's mother Ruth detests Jack,
viewing him as a potential threat to Rose's impending marriage to Cal. Jack dies
in the North Atlantic after saving Rose.
 Rose Dawson Calvert - She is a 101-year old woman and the narrator of the
film's main story, which she tells to Brock Lovett and his team of treasure
hunters. As a 17-year-old girl, Rose traveled on the Titanic with her mother and
her fiancé, Cal Hockley. Rose feels so suffocated by the circumstances of her life
that she attempts suicide near the beginning of the film, and is only saved
through Jack's interventions. After getting to know and falling in love with Jack,
Rose eventually chooses to leave with him, not Cal, when she arrives in America,
but Jack passes away when the ship sinks. Rose chooses to take Jack's name—
Rose Dawson—upon arriving at Ellis Island.
 Cal Hockley - He is the heir to a Pittsburgh steel fortune, attempts to control
Rose's behavior and win her over with exorbitant gifts like the Heart of the Ocean
diamond. Jealous and distrustful, Cal dispatches his valet Lovejoy to watch
Rose's every move, and becomes furious when he learns that she has been
cavorting below decks with Jack. Although Rose despises Cal, Ruth views him as
a way to salvage what's left of their family name, after being saddled with debts.
Cal eventually attempts to kill both Rose and Jack, and procures a lifeboat seat
by grabbing an abandoned child and pretending she is his own.
 Ruth DeWitt Bukater - She is Rose's imperious, demanding mother, who seems
to care about nothing but maintaining her own class status. Like Cal, Ruth
attempts to control Rose's behavior, and transform her into an obedient and
pliable society girl. Ruth's tries to compensate for her precarious financial
position by holding men like Jack and "new money" like Molly Brown in contempt,
 and by behaving in a flagrantly elitist manner. Ruth frets over whether the
lifeboats will be seated by class, causing Rose to choose to remain on the boat
rather than leave with her
 Brock Lovett – He is an experienced treasure hunter who leads a team of
submersibles down into the Titanic's shipwreck at the beginning of the film. Brock
is at first searching for the Heart of the Ocean, a magnificent jewel worth more
than the Hope Diamond, but instead finds a drawing of a woman who turns out to
be Rose. Rose's story helps Brock realize that his motivating interest in
the Titanic prevented him from comprehending the full scope of the human
tragedy of the event.
 Molly Brown — nicknamed the "Unsinkable" Molly Brown—is based on the
American socialite and philanthropist Margaret Brown, who is best known for
trying to persuade the fellow passengers on her lifeboat to turn around and look
for survivors. As "new money," Molly is scorned by some of the other first-class
passengers, like Ruth and her circle, but retains her warmth and humanity in a
way that they do not. Molly sides with Rose in her feuds with Cal, helps Jack find
a tuxedo to wear to dinner, and has little patience for the stultifying manners of
the upper crust.
 Captain Edward Smith - is based on the British Merchant Navy officer who served as
the actual captain of the Titanic. The film shows Captain Smith to be a weak and pliable
man, bending to the whims of J. Bruce Ismay, who wants the ship to reach New York a
day ahead of schedule in order to make headlines. Smith speeds up the ship and
casually ignores iceberg warnings, and is absent when the ship actually strikes the
iceberg. Smith realizes that he and many others will die upon learning that
the Carpathiawill take four hours to reach the Titanic, and accepts his own death by
stepping into the wheelhouse just before it floods.
 Thomas Andrews – he is a British businessman and shipbuilder who is based
on the real-life ship's naval architect. Unlike J. Bruce Ismay, who is selfishly
obsessed with the ship's scale and marketability, Andrews is a humbler, kinder
man who is aghast when the ship strikes the iceberg. Andrews tells Rose that he
wanted to include more lifeboats on the ship, but was overruled by the White Star
Line. As the Titanic's principal architect, Andrews is tasked with convincing Ismay,
Captain Smith, and others that the ship will sink. The last time Rose sees him, he
is staring at a clock above the mantel in the dining quarters, counting down the
minutes until the ship goes under.
 J. Bruce Ismay - is a character based on the chairman and managing director of
the White Star Line. The film shows Ismay to be preoccupied with marketing the
ship, urging Captain Smith to speed up so that they can arrive in New York early
in order to attract favorable press. Ismay is among those who believe the ship is
unsinkable, sputtering incredulously when Thomas Andrews tells him gravely that
the ship will founder. Ismay sneaks onto a lifeboat being managed by First Officer
William Murdoch, and was pilloried in the press as a coward for being the
highest-ranking White Star Line official to survive the disaster.
 William Murdoch – he is the First Officer of the ship, who is in command when
the ship strikes the iceberg. Murdoch must inform Captain Smith of the collision,
and seems to feel guilty and responsible for not being able to avert the disaster.
Murdoch is later tasked with loading the lifeboats, and allows J. Bruce Ismay to
 sneak onto one lifeboat unchallenged. However, a disgusted Murdoch later
rejects Cal's bribes, throwing his cash back in his face. After shooting an innocent
bystander in an effort to try to maintain order when loading the boats, Murdoch
feels overwhelmed with guilt and desperation, and kills himself.

Point of View:

o First Person
o Limited Third Person
o Omniscient Third Person

Literary Device used: (at least 2)

 Imagery
 Suspense

Author: Morgan Robertson

Genre: Drama
 Subgenres
o Tragedy

Conflict:
o Man vs. Nature
o Man vs. Man

Theme:
 Coming of Age  Family
 Overcoming the Odds  Death
 Love Conquers All  Humanity vs. Nature
Plot: CLIMAX

Jack and Rose is

looking for a way to
escape from the ship
that was about to sink

RISING ACTION
FALLING ACTION

The ship hit an iceberg in

the middle of the ocean Jack and Rose had
escape from the ship
which is sinking.

RESOLUTION
EXPOSITION

Jack and Rose met at the Jack wasn’t able to survive

ship named the titanic the cold temperature of the
and had their eyes for water and eventually died
each other. while Rose was able to
survive.