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Oct 23, 2020 · Rebecca: Why Lily James's Character Doesn't Have A Name. In Ben Wheatley's new adaptation of Rebecca on Netflix, Lily James plays the protagonist of the film - the second Mrs. de Winter. However, the young heroine's first name and maiden name are left unknown, and she's only ever introduced as Maxim de Winter's wife or as "Mrs. de Winter."
- Hannah Shaw-Williams
Dec 6, 2012 · Only after she marries de Winter does the narrator receive a name in the novel. However, as the second Mrs. de Winter (the title character, Rebecca, was his first wife), she is...
But even so, she's a very mysterious character. She doesn't tell us her first name, her maiden name, or a whole lot about her past. Here's what we know: during the bulk of the story she's twenty-one. She's from a working class family.
What is Mrs De Winter's first name in Rebecca? Literary and language techniques in Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca that promote a passive reading experience
The Narrator/the Second Mrs. de Winter: A timid, naïve, middle-class woman in her early twenties, who enjoys sketching. Neither the narrator's first nor maiden name is revealed. She is referred to as "my wife", "Mrs. de Winter", "my dear", and so on.
- Du Maurier, Daphne, Dame
- 1938
As a young woman, Rebecca marries the charismatic aristocrat Maxim de Winter by fooling him into believing that she is a kind, virtuous woman. After marriage, however, Rebecca shows her true colors, having affairs, mocking the servants, and bringing dishonor to the de Winter family name.
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Significantly, Mrs de Winter’s first name remains unknown. As Armitt (2000, p. 104) aptly puts it, Rebecca is a story of “the woman with no name and the woman who has nothing and is nothing but her name.”
