This is further illuminated by Du Mauriers Rebecca where male dominance and misogyny mean only the woman will pay. ... Similarly, Rebecca faces a fight against the pressure of the Victorian society to maintain a perfect marriage, but fails to succeed. ... Du Maurier presents her protagonist as a shy, uneasy colt unable to fight against those repressing her. ... In the case of Rebecca, the victimizing of the narrator is more a product of class and social inferiority whereas in Tess, it is the hands of Fate that shape her life and the Victorian attitudes and society that act as a catalyst for he...

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