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 and adored her. She is the wife of Maxim De Winter. She ends up being the ghost of Manderley after her death. She haunts the old house. She tries to scare away Maxim's new wife, The Heroine. Rebecca supposedly killed herself because of a fight that she and Maxim had the night of her death. Rebecca was dying of cancer.
The Heroine's name never comes up in the book, but Maxim makes the comment that she has a beautiful name. She is the narrator of the story. She is also married to Maxim De Winter. They love traveling around from one place to another and staying from one hotel to another. She is also the mistress of Manderley.
Maxim De Winter is the owner of Manderley. Manderley is an old house, which is seemed to be haunted. He is the widower of Rebecca, who was supposed to have killed her self in the ocean. But Maxim is the one who killed her himself by sinking her boat. He drilled holes in the bottom. No one knows it until a larger boat hits it, and they bring it up to shore.
Jack Favell was Rebecca's cousin. He adored Rebecca. The only bad .
thing about him was he is an alcoholic. This made him have a bad temper. .
He and Rebecca were having an affair, and the night she died she told .
Maxim that she was pregnant with Jack's child. .
Mrs. Danvers is the housekeeper at Manderley. She loved Rebecca .
very much. She would do anything for her, even kill the mistress, and burn the mansion down. She stuck with her through thick and thin. She didn't leave her side even when she died. Danvers hates the Heroine with a passion. She doesn't agree with Maxim when he brings the Heroine home and tells her that they are going to get married.
Dr. Baker was the doctor that saw Ms.
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. ...
Rebecca is a bittersweet novel. ... First, Rebecca contains awesome characterization. ... Secondly, Rebecca has strong foreshadowing. ... 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. ... In conclusion, Rebecca is a typical, romantic suspense novel. ...
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. ...
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. ...
