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Debashmita asked this question about Rebecca:

I would really like to know from the readers of this book (Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier), what do you think of the narrator of the book? Where do you think she went wrong or should have acted otherwise?

Marion I totally agree Paula Vince's opinion : she is shy and this shyness prevents her from being more combative, especially to face Mrs Danvers. The passiv…moreI totally agree Paula Vince's opinion : she is shy and this shyness prevents her from being more combative, especially to face Mrs Danvers. The passivity she demonstrated can be explained by her youth and, as you said, her blind love for Maxim. In this house where Rebecca's ghost is constantly present, the narrator prefers to let Manderley run its old and conventional rules and become, in turn, the ghost.
But she is deeply a good woman, sensitive and full of compassion. Her humanity and her fragility make her loveable and charming. (less)

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