compared Mrs. de Winter to Rebecca. Everything was about
Rebecca, no one else.
Section F – Style
The point of view that Rebecca is written from is Mrs. de Winter?s. Throughout the whole novel, Mrs. de Winter talked about her feelings and how she saw things. All events at Mannerly were through her eyes and mind. The readers didn?t get much of an idea of how the rest of the characters felt and saw things because everything was in Mrs. de Winter?s opinion.
2) There were many literary devices used in this novel, the major ones where irony and description. There was a lot of irony in the novel. The irony was that Maxim killed his wife Rebecca. This was very ironic because everyone, including myself as the reader, thought that Rebecca was perfect and loving. Then, the plot twisted and Maxim said he killed Rebecca because she was evil and he never loved her. I never even expected this to happen. Another example of irony was when Mrs. de Winter wore the exact same costume, that Rebecca wore, to the dress ball. I never expected this, so it was very ironic. Another literary device that the author used was description.
"It was dark, much too dark. That naked eucalyptus tree stifled by brambles looked like the white bleached limb of skeleton, and there was black earthy stream running beneath it, choked with the muddied rains of year, tricking silently the beach below. The birds did not sing here as they did in the valley. It was quite a different. "When de Winter was walking toward the path, the author described everything in detail. " A little wind sprang from nowhere and sprang into me face. A leaf fell on to my hand from the tree above. I shivered for no reason. Then the wind went again, it was hot and sultry as before. The ship and her thin black funnel pointing to the shore.
Section G – Evaluation
1) I found the novel Rebecca very worthwhile. I was reluctant to read it because it looked "blah". I am glad I read it, because it was very interesting and it kept me hooked. I enjoyed this novel greatly.
2)There were many strengths of this novel. One strength was the language.
The language wasn?t very difficult to understand. Another strength was
the authors use of description. The description of Mannerly, the
characters feelings and other things helped me to get a more vivid picture
of what was happening. In addition, the author?s use odd irony and
suspense was a major strength. The situation when Maxim said that
Rebecca was really evil and he killed her, was very ironic. Because the
plot twisted, I was unexpectedly hooked. I wanted to see what was going
to happen next, throughout the whole novel. When a reader cannot put a
novel down because they want to know what would happen when Mrs. de
Winter wore the same costume as Rebecca. I wanted to Know if Maxim
would be caught for Rebecca?s murder. And because of all these
questions I had, I kept reading this novel.
Although Rebecca had a lot of strengths, it had a few weaknesses too.
One example is that I found myself confused sometimes because the
author never stated the real name of Mrs. de Winter. Also, the author
rambled sometimes. I felt the novel dragged on and it was longer that it
needed to be. Some of the author?s descriptions were too long and
pointless.
I would recommend this novel to anyone because it is very well written.
Out of ten, I?d give Rebecca nine.
Section H – Compare with Movie
There was a movie version of Rebecca. I found the movie to be quite similar but there were some parts that were different. For example, the part of the dress ball was very different. In the novel, Mrs. de Winter had a dress made not realizing it was the same one Rebecca wore. When Maxim sent her upstairs to change. Maxim?s sister comforted her. However, in the movie, Mrs. de Winter went upstairs and had an argument with Mrs. Danvers, the maid who had set her up. Also, in the novel there was a fight between Mrs. de Winter and Mrs. Danvers when they were in the west wing. This fight never occurred in the movie. The ending of the movie was, also, very different. In the novel Maxim and Mrs. de Winter go back to the Manderly to see that it was on fire in the movie Maxim and Mrs. de Winter move far away so they can start off fresh together.