The Titanic Tragedy between Reality, Myths and Conspiracy Theories

Abstract

The main aim of this dissertation is to reveal the real reasons behind the sinking of the world‘s famous ship, the ‗Titanic‘. It essentially explores facts, hidden or given less attention, ever since the enormous vessel was drowned. Accordingly, this study sheds light on theories and myths put forward by scholars, mythologists, anthropologists, and other experts in the field, in addition to the official outcomes and results released right after the American and British inquiries. Taken together, each of these perspectives is in an attempt to explain the causes of the Titanic‘s crash. Subsequently, the goal of this work is to analyze these different perspectives put into theories and various types of accounts, and to relate the closet likely justifications to the accident, through highlighting the different works, which investigated the Titanic‘s tragedy. Since most of the accounts provided tangible proofs, this research concludes that it is hard to believe which was the real story of the sinking, including the factual and commonly admitted conditions that led to the occurrence of such terrible catastrophe.