| rdfs:comment | - Ruth DeWitt Bukater is a villain in James Cameron hit movie Titanic. She is the tertiary antagonist of Titanic behind Cal Hockley and Spicer Lovejoy, she is the mother of Rose DeWitt Bukater. Ruth was very snobby, rude, selfish, most likely due to the fact that she was consumed by her wealth. After her husband died and left her and Rose penniless, Ruth's golddigging personality went to the extreme and target Cal for Rose so that they could remain wealthy. She is portrayed by Frances Fisher.
- Ruth was born around 1860 in Pennsylvania. Not much else is known about Ruth's early life, like who her parents were, but they were most likely first-class, because Ruth inherited much of their wealth. It is also unknown who Ruth's husband was, but it is known that she gave birth to his daughter, Rose DeWitt Bukater. When her husband died when Rose was still a child, Ruth claimed that he left them with nothing but "a legacy of bad debts hidden by a good name." Rose and Ruth did not develop a very good relationship, however, because when Rose was about 16, Ruth forced her into an arranged marriage with Caledon Hockley for his wealth and social status, who was commonly referred to as Cal.
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| abstract | - Ruth was born around 1860 in Pennsylvania. Not much else is known about Ruth's early life, like who her parents were, but they were most likely first-class, because Ruth inherited much of their wealth. It is also unknown who Ruth's husband was, but it is known that she gave birth to his daughter, Rose DeWitt Bukater. When her husband died when Rose was still a child, Ruth claimed that he left them with nothing but "a legacy of bad debts hidden by a good name." Rose and Ruth did not develop a very good relationship, however, because when Rose was about 16, Ruth forced her into an arranged marriage with Caledon Hockley for his wealth and social status, who was commonly referred to as Cal. In 1912, Cal, Rose, and Ruth boarded the RMS Titanic on its ill-fated journey. Once boarded and settled in to their cabins, Rose one late night meets and eventually falls in love with a penniless third-class artist named Jack Dawson, whom she first met when she was trying to commit suicide by jumping off Titanic's stern. Although Ruth had forbiden her daughter to see Jack out of fear that Rose may abandon Cal and her herself and run away with Jack, leaving Ruth penniless. When Rose finally had enough of her mother's snobbish behavior and selfishness, she abandoned both her and Cal to be with Jack whom by now she had fallen deeply in love with. The night Titanic sinks, Ruth escapes in a lifeboat with one of the few kind-hearted passengers, Molly Brown. Ruth survived the sinking, but never saw her daughter again due to her daughter's immense hatred of her, and when Rose boarded the Carpathia and was ask for her name, she changed her name to "Rose Dawson." Ruth died convinced she lost her daughter in the sinking of the Titanic.
- Ruth DeWitt Bukater is a villain in James Cameron hit movie Titanic. She is the tertiary antagonist of Titanic behind Cal Hockley and Spicer Lovejoy, she is the mother of Rose DeWitt Bukater. Ruth was very snobby, rude, selfish, most likely due to the fact that she was consumed by her wealth. After her husband died and left her and Rose penniless, Ruth's golddigging personality went to the extreme and target Cal for Rose so that they could remain wealthy. She is portrayed by Frances Fisher.
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