Some aspects of the story are exceptional and well written, while others are not. It contains powerful characterization and strong foreshadowing but too much imagery. First, Rebecca contains awesome characterization. At the beginning of the story, the reader may be lost and become bored with the plot, because little is known about the characters until much later in the story. Once the author, Daphne du Maurier, unfolds the characters secrets and lives, however, the story is compelling and thought-provoking. At some points, especially towards the end of the story, it seems as though the reader personally knows the characters and can relate with exactly what they are thinking and feeling. The reader can understand the narrator's pain concerning Maxim and Rebecca, and how she feels that she is always being compared to Rebecca and will never be good enough for Maxim. One can also comprehend Maxim's actions and ways after he explains his past life with Rebecca, which helps to make the plot more engaging and draws the reader into the world of Manderley. All the characters are continuously developed through-out the novel and their pasts are learned, except for the narrator, who's past is never learned; probably because Ms. du Maurier thought it was irrelevant to the plot and did not want to develop the narrator's past excessively. Secondly, Rebecca has strong foreshadowing. On page four, Ms. du Maurier writes, "For Manderley was ours no longer. Manderley was no more." This is the strongest and most obvious foreshadowing in the story. The reader automatically knows that something tragic happens to Manderley and it's inhabitants. In the rest of the story, however, she uses many almost unnoticeable accounts of foreshadowing, which hint to the reader that something is going to happen. She hints to Rebecca's dress at the fancy dress ball, when Mrs. de Winter is with the bishop's wife and she comments on how beautiful Rebecca was in her lovely white dress.
Summary of Rebecca Rebecca's narrative takes the form of a flashback. ... Rebecca's devoted housekeeper, the sinister Mrs. ... When divers swim near the grounded ship, they find the wreckage of Rebecca's sailboat, with Rebecca's dead body in the hold. ... But soon Rebecca's cousin Favell, certain that Rebecca did not kill herself, accuses Maxim of the crime. ... Jack Favell - Rebecca's cousin. ...
Maxim gives her a book of poems that Rebecca had given to him. ... But she still cannot help but compare herself to Rebecca. ... Rebecca's body washed up two months later on a shore miles away. ... Danvers then shows her everything of Rebecca's. ... The next day she finds out the Jack Favell was Rebecca's cousin who came to Manderley a lot when Rebecca was alive. ...
"Rebecca" by Daphen Du Maurier This book takes place in the 19th century. There are a lot of different characters in this book. Some of them have very small parts, but they show you things about the major people in the book. Rebecca was a very admired person in her town. Everyone loved her a...
Title, Rebecca. ... Soon after, Alfred Hitchcock made a film version of Rebecca that soon became an even greater success than the novel itself. ... One of the reasons that I feel that the original novel Rebecca was more effective than the movie version was that I think the novel held suspense in a better way. ... One example of this is when Rebecca's boat was discovered. ... These were three of the reasons as to why I think that the novel Rebecca was much more effective than Alfred Hitchcock's movie version. ...
Du Maurier wrote Rebecca inspired off of events from her own life. ... Rebecca begins with a flashback of the narrator back in Manderley. ... The narrator soon finds out about Maxim's late wife, Rebecca. ... Rebecca was beautiful and in control of the entire manor. ... That information infuriated Maxim to the point that he shot and killed Rebecca and sailed out in Rebecca's boat with her body hidden ad slashed holes in the boat. ...
Book Report The book Rebecca, is written by Daphne DuMaurier. ... The other wife's name was Rebecca. The narrator and Rebecca have nothing in common. Rebecca was a very outgoing, beautiful, evil woman. ... Another good example is the relationship between Maxim and Rebecca. ...
English Essay on the Rebecca Novel What does the novel Rebecca have to say about the institution of marriage? ... Daphne du Maurier's novel Rebecca, written in the mid 1930's, discusses the institution of marriage. ... It contains many valuable items and furniture for example Rebecca's bedroom. ... The novel Rebecca portrays marriage as being based on society's expectations rather than love. ... Rebecca on the other hand described as being very outgoing and full of confidence. ...
Rebecca's parents' marriage didn't last long however. ... If Rebecca wasn't a movement child who was she? ... While living with her father in the Bronx in New York, Rebecca lives a double life. ... Once Rebecca is in the urban areas everything about her also changes. ... Rebecca just seems like a light skinned black girl or she even passes as a Chicana. ...
