Film Specific Depiction Of Death And Dying

Specific Depiction As stated previously, specific depiction of death and dying encapsulates actions and feelings by specific characters in the movie. Dying is depicted as a hurtful process that nobody wants to experience. From the instant the ship hits the iceberg while Jack and Rose are on the top deck, the audience gets the impression that Jack knows, and fears that “this could be really bad.” It offers a glimpse into the apprehension by Jack regarding the prospect that the ship could sink as a result of hitting the berg. When Jack is locked up beneath the ship’s belly after being accused of stealing, the need for self-preservation in a bid to avoid death by drowning sets in, and the viewers are treated to Jack’s frantic calls for help until Rose comes to his rescue. Other instances in the movie show an eerie acceptance of death and the consequences thereof, especially during the final moments of the ship’s sinking. This is captured by the captain of the ship, Smith, who gracefully steps into the captain’s cabin and …show more content…
According to Leibert (2002), this is perhaps because many people fear the process of dying, and equally too, the state of being dead or non-being. However, the concept of death and dying has received, and still continues to receive fantastic depictions in the media. As expected, these depictions are crafted in a world of fantasy that provides the leeway for viewers to digest the subject of death in the third person, rather than in the first. This paper establishes that in the motion film Titanic, death and dying exude mixed feeling in the characters. There are those characters who frantically depict the need by humanity to evade dying and death altogether. More specifically, there are those characters who realize the futility of fighting death, especially when so little can be done to remedy the situation, and end up resigning themselves to the stillness of