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Showing posts with label Titanic. Show all posts
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Titanic: Truly ‘A night to remember’- Mariella Anna Reporting...


Although small in comparison to modern cruise ships, in 1912 Titanic stood alone in terms of sheer scale, opulence and luxury. Titanic evokes an age of excess, of unimaginable luxury, quality and obvious displays of wealth and status. It was the  ‘Belle Epoque’ which was to last up until  up until the first world war,  before in Europe at least, class and privilege were fragmented and changed  forever.  In the last moments of the Titanic the division of wealth, and position on the social scale was acutely illustrated by the fact that only 25% of third class passengers survived.

In 1912 the most expensive first-class suite on the Titanic cost $4,350 the staggering equivalent of $75,000 today- remembering tickets were only and rather ironically sold one way.  In comparison, those travelling on a third class ticket were also subjected to a level of luxury they probably had never experienced before, certainly they would have had to invest a lifetime of savings for the crossing, in the hopes of a new life in America.  

Having arrived at the Titanic exhibit prior to boarding the ship itself, I was struck by the attention to detail given to create the exhibition centre with its various Titanic artifacts, pictures of the ship during construction and explanatory notes, sculpted china and even a first class menu giving a glimpse of life on board.  A scale mode of the ship in a glass display case gave no clue as to what actually awaited us once we’d boarded.



 
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