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?
Stephanie Her fear and insecurity bothered me, though I understand how that's how she might act with her history. Even after she changed I didn't like her any b…moreHer fear and insecurity bothered me, though I understand how that's how she might act with her history. Even after she changed I didn't like her any better. She wasn't more compassionate for anyone else, she just reveled in the fact that Maxim loved her and not her predecessor. She went from a mousy and self-interested young woman utterly dependent on others, mostly her husband, for her self-worth to a furtive, self-centered, still dependent young woman who just wants to protect the thing she most depends on...her morally questionable husband. When Mrs. Danvers found her in Rebecca's room and acted like a real creep, I can't understand how she didn't tell the old bat to leave her alone out of sheer revulsion.(less)
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