Critical Reading Of Movie Characters

 TITANIC

It’s a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film. The film stars Leonardo Dicrapio as Jack Dawson and Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater as main characters.  The Titanic movie basically depicts the love between a rich young lady and a poor young men when they meet during the ill-fated maiden voyage of RMS Titanic.

Main Characters

Jack Dawson:  He was from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. He had different Jobs and did have no parents also. He came to Santa Monica, California and started drawing portraits for less amount of money. Jack played poker and ended up winning 2 tickets onto the RMS Titanic and was a third class passenger and by that time he took along hi friend Fabrizio

 Jack Dawson in Titanic

Rose DeWitt Bukater: Rose was born to one of the very best families in Philadelphia and was intelligent and beautiful. She has been schooled since childhood to become wise and a very smart young woman in the society. At the age of 17, she was engaged to Caledon Hockley, a 30 year old scion of a wealthy Pittsburgh steel family. 

Rose DeWitt Bukater in Titanic

 

What Stereotypes Do They Represent?

Basically, Jack Dawson evidence a young men who is penniless but so loving as it was portrayed when he met Rose which clearly was love at first sight , she met her when she was attempting to throw herself off the stern of the ship. Jack surely depicts the life of a low class man, as the set follow his low class life in the RMS Titanic but also shows how he was able to mix with the first-class passengers for a night.

Rose DeWitt Bukater represents a young, smart and very beautiful lady. She shows her endless love for Jack even though she was engaged to a wealthy man, Cal Hockley. She was forced into an engagement but evidenced that if you really love someone, even fear of death cannot stop you from being with him, she decided to be with Jack even though Jack was not rich and educated although he was good at drawing portraits. 

Are They Good People?

Both Jack and Rose are good people. We see in the movie Jack showing nothing but love for Rose, he even saved her from committing suicide. At the same time, Rose loves Jack back with the amount of love Jack has for her as we see her choosing him over Cal over though he does not have money and of course Cal is a wealthy man. Now that’s true love. They love each other with no intentions to harm no one.

What Complexities Does He Or She Have if Any?

After Jack and Rose falls in love, Cal discovers Jacks drawings of naked Rose. He is not happy about this and orders his bodyguard to frame Jack so that he can be arrested, and he is taken down the boat and handcuffed to a pipe. Rose runaway to look for Jack, she finds him and set him free using an axe to break the handcuffs  

Jack and Rose return to the top deck and all lifeboats are gone, and people are falling to their death. The ship goes down the ocean and Jack and Rose ride the stern into the ocean. There is a panel and Jack helps Rose to it as he submerges from the ocean next to Rose. And the great line of this is when Jack assures Rose that she will not die there and instead die an old woman, warm in her survivors, and Rose is saved but Jack dies. True Love.