QUESTIONS ON TITANIC AS LITERATURE

Am I Drowning with ‘Titanic’ ??

 

Here is a list of a few questions upon the movie “Titanic” (1997), which gives an idea how an English Literature student deals with a work or any academic subject matter.

   1.  Interpret Jack Dawson, the protagonist, as a tragic hero.
   2.  Discuss the false superiority complex prevailing in the aristocratic society, with reference to both the families of Rose DeWitt Bukater, the female protagonist, and Cal Hockley, the antagonist.
   3.  Study about the class system and class-discrimination portrayed in the movie.
   4.  Find out the gender stereotypes depicted in the movie.
   5.  Comment upon the double standards shown in the movie, according to various aspects like culture, gender, wealth, power, class and so on.
   6.  Apply Freud’s psychoanalytic theory on the movie, with reference to the mental trauma of Rose DeWitt Bukater.
   7.  Explain how stream of consciousness works in the case of Rose, the grandma figure who reflects on her early life.
   8.  Interpret the movie as a romantic tragedy.
   9.  Figure out the factors that influenced James Cameron, the director, to knit a tragic love story along with a historical incident.
  10.  Compare and contrast the movie, “Titanic” of 1997 with that of 1953.

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         Greshma Clement