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    Despite how entertaining the film Titanic actually is, it has many flaws that can be pointed out. Titanic is a love story between a woman of the upper-class and a man of the lower-class. Throughout the movie they face the difficulties of Jack (Lower-class man) not being high enough stature to please the family of Rose (upper-class woman) while they sail through the ocean on a luxurious cruise ship. As the Titanic sinks the film shows the two being together and going through the catastrophe that is

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    The movie, Titanic, portrayed the sinking of the ship accurately and showed the effects of the tragedy on families and loved ones. The movie accurately showed details about numerous things including the design of the ship, key figures on the boat, the differences between the classes, the sinking of the ship, and the rescue of survivors and the aftermath. The titanic was by far the biggest ship ever built “at four city blocks long and 2 stories high” (Cummins 1). No one has ever witnessed a boat

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    The Titanic was one of a trio.  “Her” sisters were the Olympic and the Gigantic.  These ships were made by the  White Star Lines, all of their names ending with “ic”.  The White Star Lines were known for making the top of the line, most luxurious ship liners of their time. The point in making luxurious and fast ship liners were to compete and beat the German ship liners.  This ship race between Germany and Britain went clear back to the 1860’s.  As Britain kept getting out bested  by Germany an American

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    Titanic : The Titanic

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    “Mother is this ship really safe and unsinkable?” said Mary Anne Louise to her mom while she started to walk towards the RMS Titanic “I have the same question as the girl… Is this ship really unsinkable?” said a lady known as Mrs.Sylvia Caldwell. “Of course it is unsinkable God himself could not sink this ship!” exclaimed the crew member as he helped her up the steps.After they entered the ship, she stood in amazement see how this ship was designed.She suddenly saw a girl dressed in a simple, pretty

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    The Titanic

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    The Titanic crashing was an event that no one knew would happen. This wasn’t the first ship that had crashed into an iceberg and sure wasn’t the last. Many people wonder why the Titanic got the attention that it did. ( Titanic , History) “The titanic had three classes of traveling with a total of 1,317 passengers.”(When They built the Ship Titanic, Stephanie J. Bond, page 36)The top four decks were reserved for only first class. Each room on the first class levels were furnished to the best standards

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    On March 31,1909 the Titanic was built. It was made to be the safest ship ever. It carried 2,200 passengers. It only hold 20 lifeboat. They had a life jacket in every room for all the passengers. One day it took a cruise to New York from Southampton, England. On its way there April the 14 at 11:40 P.M the passengers saw an iceberg. It struck the side of the Titanic. It caused the Titanic to fill up with water. It started flooding the bottom of the ship bits by bits. When people found out that the

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    Royal Mail Steamer Titanic, departed from Southampton, England and set sail about the Atlantic Ocean, holding approximately 2,435 passengers and 900 crew workers aboard, making its capacity over 3,300. On the night of April 14, 1912, just 4 days after its departure, the Titanic collided with an iceberg, sinking the ship, and killing over 2,340 of its people, including both passengers and crew. It also influenced many books and films to be produced. Most people know of the RMS Titanic through the tragic

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    Did you know that the Titanic, Britannic and the Olympic are all sister ships? The ships were all supposed to be unsinkable. Two of them sank shortly after they were built. The Titanic sank on its first voyage. The Britannic sank on its 6th voyage. This happened on November 21, 1916. The Britannic was 882 feet 9 inches long and weighed 48,158 tons. Its full name was RMS Britannic and it was built by Harland and Wolff and was completed on February 26, 1914. Harland and Wolff sold the RMS Britannic

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    The Titanic Of A Titanic

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    The Titanic crashed at 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the British ocean liner sinks into the North Atlantic Ocean. The massive ship, which carried 2,200 passengers and crew, had struck an iceberg two and half hours before sinking. The beginning which is the construction of the Titanic took 3 years with the help anywhere from three thousand to fifteen thousand men. The RMS Titanic took sail April 11, 1912 from Southampton, England in the hopes of New York City. The Titanic 's passengers were divided

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    The Titanic was a tragedy that shocked the world as the Titanic was thought to be unsinkable. The Titanic was British luxury ocean liner, thought to be unsinkable, which nevertheless sank on its first voyage in 1912 after running into an iceberg in the north Atlantic Ocean. The “Icebergs loomed up and fell astern and we never slackened. It was an anxious time with the Titanic's fateful experience very close in our minds” The Titanic could have been constructed with a double hull. The technology

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