"In such interpretations, the story of the "Titanic" can be seen as a kind of morality play.An alternative view, according to Foster, sees the "Titanic" as somewhere between a Greek and an Elizabethan tragedy; the theme of hubris, in the form of wealth and vaingloriousness, meeting an indifferent Fate in a final catastrophe is very much one that is drawn from classical Greek tragedies.