Titanic

            The Depth of the Heart of the Ocean .
             "Ahh, open your heart to me, Rose," pleads Caledon Hockley of the young Rose.
             in James Cameron's recent film, Titanic, just after he gives her a most expensive .
             diamond. The actor Billy Zane plays Hockley as a callous, jaded, been-there-done-.
             that sophisticate who seems to want her heart simply because he believes it is for sale .
             and he has a right to it. His blindness to higher motives in love totally disqualifies him .
             from being worthy of Rose DeWitt Bukater, played by Kate Winslet. But perhaps it is .
             also the opaque nature of love itself that defeats him. This scene between Hockley and .
             Rose is one of several ways in which Cameron develops the idea of the closed heart .
             and the effort to open it. The profound ocean, the massive ship, and the impenetrable .
             gem are elements of the setting that parallel and reinforce each other and Cameron's .
             theme. Throughout the plot, they are all alike unfathomable, indomitable, yielding to the .
             mastery of no mere mortal. As such, they capture the image of a person's heart being .
             opaque, not easy to read or see through. The midnight blue color throughout suggests .
             that the heart of love is as profound, deep and moving as the ocean itself. The gem .
             drives the plot, then, and serves as the central symbol carrying the message. .
             hhhhhThe elderly Rose narrates the story, casting the film in a flashback format. She.
             asks a question about a gem named "Le Coeur de la Mer," the French title for "The .
             Heart of the Ocean." It is this diamond that the modern salvage crew seeks at .
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             the start of the film. Their quest takes them to the wreck of the ship Titanic which sank.
             on April 15, 1912, and which now lies two and a half miles beneath the surface of the .
             North Atlantic. The first place the salvagers look, Hockley's safe, yields a drawing of a .
             woman wearing the diamond, but not the gem itself. The crew is stumped. But then .
             Rose hears a newscast about it, sees her picture on TV and calls the ship, asking, "I .