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    Titanic Research Paper

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    The Titanic The sinking of the RMS Titanic was very tragic, yet it still catches many people’s attention due to the interesting facts and stories. Over three years had been completely wasted building the world famous “unsinkable ship” that descended beneath the North Atlantic Ocean only four days after it had begun its voyage. Today, technology has helped researchers discover new information on the Titanic that has been made available to the public. The RMS Titanic got its name from Greek Mythology

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    “On April 10, 1912, the Titanic, largest ship afloat, left Southampton, England on her maiden voyage to New York City.” (The sinking of the Titanic) There were 2,200 women, men, children, and work crew members that made the voyage over to the United States, but little did they know that only 705 would actually step foot on United States territory. This tragedy struck over 100 years ago, but is still constantly brought up by many people to this day. But one reason that it’s still brought up is because

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    The Wreck Of The Titanic

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    About a hundred years has passed since the British passenger liner met its fatal end in the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912. The RMS Titanic plummeted two miles to the ocean floor after clashing into an iceberg during its journey to the Port of New York. Over 1,500 people drowned in this unfortunate event. Ever since the sinking, numerous books and remarkable films have been made, telling the story of the ship and its passengers. The wreck of the ship was found in 1985 by the coast of Newfoundland

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    The Wreck Of The Titanic

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    About a hundred years have passed since the British passenger liner met its fatal end in the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912. The RMS Titanic plummeted two miles to the ocean floor after clashing into an iceberg during its journey to the Port of New York. Over 1,500 people drowned in this unfortunate event. Ever since the sinking, numerous books and remarkable films have been made, telling the story of the ship and its passengers. The wreck of the ship was found in 1985 by the coast of Newfoundland

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    Titanic - Original Writing Titanic, 882 feet long, 92 feet broad, 45000 tons register, 66000 tons displacement and 175 feet high. The biggest and most luxurious ship known to mankind, and she was sitting right in front of me. She looked even bigger in real life and I felt great anticipation and excitement. A chance of a lifetime, I was one of the few lucky enough to be chosen to actually work onboard the Titanic. It was just an hour until the Titanic would set sail

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    The Unsinkable Titanic: An Accident or a Scam? Everyone knows the story of the Titanic. How the largest moving object ever fashioned by man hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage and sank in the middle of the North Atlantic. To contextualize this piece of writing, discussing the aspects of rhetorical analysis is essential. “Conspiracies – Titanic: The Ship That Never Sank” documentary depicts a completely new level of the dreadful incident. The Titanic was switched with its sister ship, the Olympic

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    determined not only by the price of their ticket, but by their wealth and social position” (150). This socioeconomic class division is evident through the film’s plot in which Jack Dawson, a jobless, lower-class American who wins his way onto the RMS Titanic, shares an inter-socioeconomic class relationship with upper-class Rose DeWitt Bukater. This storyline allows for overlaps between the first- and third-class, and ultimately depicts the ideology of “Outsiders versus Insiders” (LCR). Outlined

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    often uses his paintings to connect the highest levels of socially society with his art, yet in the "Remembrance of Days at Abbot" he focuses on the workers in the field near his studio. Millet will be remembered through his heroics aboard the RMS Titanic, he was last seen helping women and children into lifeboats. His body

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    On June 10th, 1999 a gasoline pipeline ruptured in Whatcom Falls Park. This park is located in Bellingham, Washington where the pipeline was controlled by the Olympic Pipeline Company. This break in the gasoline pipeline let over a million liters of gasoline flow into a nearby river in the park. After about an hour and a half the gasoline in the river ignited and caught on fire. The fire burnt along the river for one and a half miles. As a result of the gasoline catching on fire, three people were

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    The Titanic's Tragic End

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    The Titanic “The orchestra belonging to the first cabin assembled on deck as the liner was going down and played ‘Nearer My God to Thee.’ – Miss C. Bounnell, first class survivor” (Deitz). The Titanic wined and dined the elite in all of its extravagance, but soon came to a tragic end with its mysterious sinking. The ship was proclaimed to be unsinkable and that no known accident of the sea could ever sink the ship; however, we all know that was proven wrong (SV; CA, SV.). Life on the ship was nothing

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