At the End of Titanic, why does Rosethrow away her Necklace?

At the End of Titanic, why does Rose throw away her Necklace?

It's the whole Reason she went to the boat in the first place.

If you think about it, why would Rose, a woman of advanced age and delicate health, take such a physically demanding journey to a ship in the middle of the ocean,

Just to tell a long, rambling story that she could have told over the phone, or on the mainland had the crew gone to visit her instead?

Why did she told her story?

Rose wanted to go to the Keldysh because the vessel was over the Titanic's resting place.

She told the story because it was a central, defining chapter of her life that deserved to be heard.

> And Jack's sacrifice, and his place in her life, deserved to be honored.

Then she did what she came to do. She returned the necklace to the ocean. This was done for a few reasons.

1

It is revealed to the audience that Rose still had the

necklace with her all this time, instead of using it-cashing it in-to start her new life in America as an otherwise penniless immigrant.

Note: These are actual images from the movie which depicts Rose's Life.

She couldn't use her real name or anything from her previous life, or her fiance would have found her and dragged her back into that prearranged marriage.

The fact that she still had the necklace meant that she built her life in America from nothing, and that it meant too much to her to let go of. This says a great deal more about how strong Rose had become.

2

She has loved Jack all her life, even through future marriages. She's given that place in her heart to Jack for all time. She's never forgotten him or what he did for her.

Finally, she's letting Jack go. By dropping the necklace in the ocean, she's ensuring no one else ever finds it, essentially giving it to Jack's memory forever.

That's the true reason she went all the way out to the research vessel over Titanic: it was her opportunity to give the necklace to Jack, so that it was never worn by some other woman, converted to cash by anyone else upon her death... the Heart of the Ocean was her own heart, in the romantic

sense. And it belonged to Jack.

She then rests in peace, everything in her life finally where it belongs.

"A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets."