This Titanic fan theory explains why Rose didn't save Jack

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Caitlin McBride11 hrs ago

© Irish Independent Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as Jack and Rose in Titanic It's been 20 years since Titanic premiered in cinemas, but fans still aren't satisfied with the ending. And while it's been successfully proven that there was enough room on that door for two people (not naming names ROSE), but a new, pretty plausible fan theory might have uncovered the real reason why Jack wasn't saved.
He didn't exist.
A Reddit user has shared their theory that Jack Dawson never stood a chance because he was a figment of Rose's imagination, someone she conjured up as a cooping mechanism for his miserable life.
The fan argues that Rose suffered a psychotic break aboard the Titanic, faced with the reality of her impending marriage to Cal Hockley.
They believe that Jack symbolises her inner strength, telling her, "If you don't break free, you're going to die." And their first introduction is him literally saving her life as he prevents her from throwing herself off the stern of the ship.
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But the most convincing point is the fact that there was no record of Jack on the boat's passenger manifest, which we saw was because he won the tickets in a last-minute poker game.
"No, there wouldn't be, would there? He exists now only in my memory," a 100-year-old Rose said.
What do you think? Someone get James Cameron on the phone.
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More than a century has passed since RMS Titanic started its doomed maiden voyage from Southampton, UK, only to sink in the North Atlantic that turned into the ship's frigid graveyard. With the 103rd anniversary of the disaster knocking at the door (the ship sank on April 15, 1912), click through to know about little-known facts and the final moments of the ship, once called a ‘floating city.’

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Construction begins

British shipping company White Star Line commissioned the building of three 'Olympic Class' liners to take on rival Cunard Line. Construction of the Titanic began on March 31, 1909, at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, UK; few months after work begun for building the Olympic—first of the three commissioned liners.

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The hull

After working non-stop for two years, over 3,000 workers finished building the Titanic. On May 31, 1911, the ship’s gigantic hull made its way into River Lagan in Belfast, UK. Over 10,000 people witnesed the event.

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The maiden voyage

On April 10, 1912, the ship began its maiden voyage from Southampton, UK. With over 2,200 passengers and crew, the ship was also carrying over 3,000 bags of mails, since it was a Royal Mail Ship.

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Captain Edward Smith

Edward J. Smith (R), the well-experienced captain of the RMS Titanic, would go down in history as someone who did not correct the path of the ship and ended up hitting an iceberg.

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Epitome of opulence

Thomas Andrews, the chief designer of the ship, left no stone unturned to raise the level of extravagance and opulence of the ship. There were over 130,000 pieces of cookware and glassware, 75,000 pounds of fresh meat and 16,850 bottles of wine onboard. Construction of the Titanic had cost US $7.5mn back then—approximately US $167mn at today's rate.

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Disaster strikes

“Iceberg, right ahead”—these three words changed the Titanic's history. Four days into its maiden voyage, disaster struck the ship on April 14, 1912. A lookout noticed a iceberg dead ahead and raised an alarm at 11.40 p.m. The engines were quickly reversed and the ship was turned sharply, but almost 40 seconds later, the iceberg grazed the sides of the cruise liner. Soon, the crew, including Captain Smith and Thomas Andrews, realised that the ship is bound to sink.
(Pictured) German artist Willy Stower visualised the Titanic tragedy, as survivors struggled to get away from the sinking ship.

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SOS

A frantic evacuation operation began, with lifeboats loaded with women and children and lowered. RMS Titanic sent out an emergency message to the nearest ship, Cunard's RMS Carpathia.

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Only 20 lifeboats

For over 2,200 persons on the ship, there were just 20 lifeboats onboard.

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Unsinkable Molly Brown

In this grave hour of tragedy, there were those who rose to the occasion and left an indelible mark. History still remembers Margaret “Molly” Brown, a widow and a heiress, who not only helped many people to find a seat on the lifeboats, but also goaded on the crew to rescue more people.

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RMS Titanic sinks

At around 2.20 a.m. on April 15, roughly three hours after the Titanic grazed past a iceberg, the ship plunged into the sea bottom. Many passengers, who couldnt find a seat on the lifeboats, slowly froze to death. At 4.10 a.m., RMS Carpathia arrived and picked up the survivors of the first lifeboat.

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Hero of the tragedy

Sir Arthur Rostron, captain of RMS Carpathia, became a hero; he diverted his ship to rescue survivors of the Titanic tragedy. A street in Hampshire, UK, was named after him in 2011.

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Too few survivors

Out of over 2,200 passengers and crew, a little over 700 survived the tragedy.
(Pictured) Harold Bride, surviving wireless operator of the Titanic, is carried up the ramp of a ship.

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The wreck

The wreck of the ship was discovered in 1985, at a depth of more than 12,000 feet.
(Pictured) The rusting bow of Titanic.

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Survivors

The lucky survivors include J Bruce Ismay, chief executive of White Star Line. Many blame him of cowardice and betrayal, but some accounts say that he helped women and children get seats in one of the last lifeboats.

The probe

At least five separate boards of inquiry were set up on both sides of the Atlantic to probe the Titanic tragedy.
(Pictured) Stewards of the sunken Titanic wait in a dining room while attending the inquiry into the sinking.

Grand staircase

After the wreck of the ship was discovered in 1985, there have been over 20 expeditions to retrieve the valuable belongings of the passengers. These expedition also helped to get a clearer picture of what happened to the opulent interiors of the ship.
(Pictured) A replica of the grand staircase from the sunken ship is on exhibition at ArtScience Museum in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.

Millvina Dean — the last survivor

Dean was nine weeks old when the ship sank. Despite no memory of the tragedy, she always said that the disaster shaped her life as she stayed back in the USA, instead of returning to the UK. She died in June 2009 at the age of 97 years.

The movie

The shipping disaster has been immortalised by director James Cameron in his film Titanic. The 1997 blockbuster, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio as star-crossed lovers, gave the tragedy a romantic spin. The events depicted in the movie may not be entirely true, but the movie manages to capture the essence of this epic voyage.

The memorial

Known as the birthplace of the doomed ship, Belfast also has the Titanic Memorial, which was dedicated to the memory of the victims in June 1920.

The swan song

A popular myth about the disaster is the how the ship’s band continued to play even in the final hours of the tragedy. Some accounts even say that the song the band played was the hymn Nearer, My God, To Thee. However, historians say that though the band did play in the last hours, the exact song they played cannot be ascertained.
(Pictured) The violin that belonged to Titanic bandmaster Wallace Hartley is seen on display at Titanic Belfast in Belfast, UK.

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