Comparison between the Film & Hardy’s Poem “ The

Convergence of the Twain”

The Film of the TITANIC*Titanic is an American epic romance and

disaster film.*The ship was deemed an “unsinkable

ship.”*The wireless operator received six

warnings from other vessels about large concentrations of icebergs in the area.

*Captain Smith ignored the warnings *The ship goes more faster.

*the ship hit the iceberg and sinks down.

“The Convergence of the Twain”

Thomas Hardy (1912) ( Lines on the loss of the "Titanic )"

         I     In a solitude of the sea

     Deep from human vanity, And the Pride of Life that planned her, stilly couches she .

         II     Steel chambers, late the pyres

     Of her salamandrine fires, Cold currents thrid, and turn to rhythmic tidal lyres .

         III     Over the mirrors meant

     To glass the opulent The sea-worm crawls -- grotesque, slimed, dumb

,indifferent .       

Comparison between the cold steel chambers

&the warm fires.Comparison between the rhythmic music and chaos.Comparison between

the wealthy world of the passengers & the world of the sea worm

           IV     Jewels in joy designed

     To ravish the sensuous mind Lie lightless, all their sparkles bleared and black and blind. V

    Dim moon-eyed fishes near      Gaze at the gilded gear And query: "What does this vain gloriousness down

here . . ."?          VI

    Well: while was fashioning      This creature of cleaving wing, The Immanent Will that stirs and urges everything

         VII     Prepared a sinister mate

     For her -- so gaily great -- A Shape of Ice, for the time fat and dissociate          .

Comparison between the jewels & the ship

A contrast between the iceberg and Titanic .

VIII     And as the smart ship grew {irony}

     In stature, grace, and hue In shadowy silent distance grew the Iceberg too .

         IX     Alien they seemed to be:

     No mortal eye could see {destiny} The intimate welding of their later history .          X

    Or sign that they were bent      By paths coincident On being anon twin halves of one August event ,

         XI     Till the Spinner of the Years {fate}

     Said "Now!" And each one hears, And consummation comes, and jars two hemispheres .

Comparison

Similarities Differences

Tragedy

Theme

Tone

Portrayal Of The Ship

Reception

Social Account

The way of Presenting the Event

Fatalistic

Ending

Similarities

Tragedy

-Both works contain tragic scenes.

-They show the tragedy of man’s overconfidence.

-They reveal dark part of the voyage.

Similarities

The Theme

-The poem deals with the force of fate and man’s destiny.

-It concerns human aspects of pride, vanity, man and nature.

-The movie also shows how man’s overconfidence is destructive.

Similarities

Tone

-Tone of sorrow and sadness

loss of lives -Tone of loss

Loss of the GREAT ship

-Solemn and serious tone .

Similarities

Portrayal of the Ship

“*vainglorious”*Swimming pool, a

squash court, a Turkish bath, a Veranda Cafe and libraries, decoration, beautiful and durable furniture, luxurious dinning rooms, lighting, and steam-powered generators.

Similarities

Reception

-Critics display positive reviews regarding the film.

-Rotten Tomatoes: 83% “fresh” approval with rating average of 7.4 out of 10.

-Hardy’s poem is well received, too.

Differences:

The Film “Titanic” The Poem “The Convergence of the Twain”

Social, romantic and tragic.

Division of class

Rose and Jack’s romantic relationship.

Tragic scenes of the sinking of the ship .

Merely tragic.

The scene of the sinking only.

No social account

* Deals with the event before and after the sinking.

promotion traveling warning sinking

*Deals with the event after the sinking only.

sinking sinking

The Film “Titanic” The Poem “The Convergence of the Twain”

Differences:

Differences

“The Convergence of the Twain”

Titanic

Thomas Hardy is fatalistic.

Fate couldn’t let human “vanity” and “pride of life” find success in the ship.

His poem is a response to human folly and arrogance.

Captain Smith challenges Fate and God’s power, presented in nature by his blind arrogance of the “unsinkable” ship.

“God himself couldn’t sink the ship”

Differences

Titanic“The Convergence of the

Twain”

*End with a catastrophe i.e the sinking of the ship & the loss of many lives.

*Ends with a wisdom

“  Till the Spinner of the Years      Said "Now!" And each one hears, And consummation comes, and

jars two hemispheres”.

*To prepare ourselves for the forces of nature that we can't control and to learn from our

mistakes .

Influence:

The real event of the vessel of “Titanic” is very influential .

The poem ,published in 1915, had a great impact upon the film.

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