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Dec 6, 2012 · However, as the second Mrs. de Winter (the title character, Rebecca, was his first wife), she is never identified by her first name. This remains a mystery to the reader throughout the novel.
Oct 23, 2020 · In Netflix's Rebecca, Lily James plays the second Mrs. de Winter - but her first name and maiden name are left unknown. Here's why. Why exactly is Mrs. de Winter?
- Hannah Shaw-Williams
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.
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.
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
It's not clear whether Mrs. Danvers means that Rebecca is above love, or that she's above loving men. We also have nothing from Rebecca to confirm Mrs. Danver's claim. If Rebecca (like Daphne du Maurier, her creator) did have affairs with women, or was attracted to women, it only highlights the fact that, like Maxim, she was wearing a public ...
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The narrative Mrs de Winter offers as the protagonist contributes to building her own identity. 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.”
