How does Cameron show class divisions on this extract of Titanic?

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Gabriella Pini-Colbert 10RP        November 25, 2009

How does Cameron show class divisions on this extract of “Titanic”?

Titanic was released in 1997 directed by James Cameron. It is about the Titanic which sank on her maiden voyage. Cameron creates a romance between Rose Dewitt Bukater and Jack Dawson. Class divisions are sometimes shown by camera shots.

Their way of life is one way in which Cameron shows class divisions. Upper class people take life too serious. They have a strictly planned life style. When dinner is over Rose says to Jack “now they will congratulate each other on being masters of the universe” this indicates that they plan their life. On the other hand lower class people are spontaneous. Jack hands Rose a note at the end of the dinner party. It says ‘Make it count. Meet me by the clock.’ Jack takes Rose to the lower class to see a real party. This shows that lower class people have fun in life. They want to make the most out of their life’s. Upper class people have many social rules, e.g. How to Stand. When Jack goes into the upper class department he stands with his arms folded, but upper class people have to stand up straight. Unlike lower class people, they don’t care how they stand. This makes us aware that upper class people feel that they need social rules like this because they are so important.

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Another way in which Cameron shows class division is through their behaviour, Music, Clothes and Food & Drink. Upper Class people behave in a very restricted way. When they smoke they don’t just smoke anywhere they go to a different room and smoke in there at the same time as having a brandy away from the women. Whereas lower class people smoke at the party, anywhere in front of the women. This implies that men and women were not seen as equal. Men could do whatever they wanted, women couldn’t. When someone fell over at the lower class party he ...

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