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The temporal counterpoint between the salvaging of the Titanic wreckage off Nova Scotia in the 1990s and the flashback history of the sinking of the great ship underscore that Cameron wanted to bring together time and history, the nineties and the accurate reality of April 14, 1912. The result would be a history in which the present attempts to salvage the past. For the salvage crew working on the wreckage of the Titanic at the beginning of the film, the salvaging effort is not about history, not about myth, but only about one thing—money.
The theme of social class will be Cameron’s counterpoint to the dominant romantic theme of the love of Jack and Rose. “The ship of dreams,” 101-year-old Rose reminisces. ” While the Titanic was hardly La Amistad, Cameron’s theme of social class does bear some striking resemblances to Spielberg’s simulation of the “middle passage” of an African slave ship. Both Rose and Jack are imprisoned by the prejudices and commodity culture realities of their respective social classes. When the Titanic strikes the iceberg and the “abandon ship” is given, the third-class passengers are kept locked behind gates to drown just as the chained slaves on La Amistad were cast into the sea to drown because they were a stress upon the commodity culture.
Both Rose and Jack are imprisoned by the prejudices and commodity culture realities of their respective social classes. When the Titanic strikes the iceberg and the “abandon ship” is given, the third-class passengers are kept locked behind gates to drown just as the chained slaves on La Amistad were cast into the sea to drown because they were a stress upon the commodity culture. Cameron’s theme of class is flogged across the whole three hours of the film. The ship is a virtual “Upstairs, Downstairs” of space defined by social class: the above decks’ staterooms verses the below decks’ class cabins, the bridge versus the engine room, the black-tie ball versus the below decks’ Irish dance.