Titanic Movie Guide Name: ___________________________________

Atlantic Ocean - 1997

Why is the team exploring the wreck of Titanic? *Think about what they are looking for*

Titanic - 1912
How is the 1st class boarding of the ship and the 3rd class boarding different? What does this
say about society at the time?

“Water that cold, like right down there. It hits you like a thousand knives stabbing you all over
your body.” Which figure of speech is this and what point is Jack trying to get across with it?

“You could just call me a tumbleweed blowing in the wind” What figure of speech is this and
what does it say about Jack as a character?
What do we learn about Rose and Jack as characters during their conversations on the boat
deck after he saves her?
​Rose Jack

Why does Molly Brown help Jack out? What does this say about her as a character?

How does the 3rd class party differ from the 1st class party? How does the setting influence the
tone of the two scenes?

What does the breakfast scene with Cal and the dressing room scene with Ruth (Rose’s mom)
say about gender roles in 1912?
“You jump, I jump.” What figure of speech is this and what does it mean?

After they hit the iceberg

What does it say about Bruce Ismay - a head person at the ship company - when he jumps into
the lifeboat while others are still on the ship? Why is this problematic based on what he did
earlier in the film?

How do the music choices affect the tone throughout the lifeboat and sinking scenes?

Jack doesn’t mean that she should literally “never let go.” What is he telling her not to let go of?

What is symbolic about Rose looking at the Statue of Liberty?

Atlantic Ocean - 1997 - After Rose’s Story
”But now you know there was a man named Jack Dawson. And that he saved me. In every way
that a person can be saved.” What are the ways he saved her?

What do Rose’s pictures at the end of the movie tell us about Rose as a character?

What is your interpretation of the final scene of the movie?

How do you think Rose’s life would have ended up if she had not met Jack?