Symbols and Tropes
The Diamond
Rose's big, fat diamond necklace is definitely a big, fat symbol as well—and both the diamond and the symbol are multi-faceted. (Diamond pun!)When Cal first gives it to Rose, it's clearly a symbo...
The Ship
Rose refers to the Titanic as the ship of dreams…and that's pretty much what it represents to a bunch of the characters. Why? A few reasons, based on real life for added oomph:The Titanic was a h...
The Ocean
We don't know if you've noticed, but the ocean is a pretty potent symbol in film and literature. You see the Big Blue pop up in all sorts of canonical works. The Old Man and the Sea. The Rime of th...