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• the heroine thinks this after changing the lunch orders with Mrs Danvers


  She has lost her power with Rebecca.
• The heroine says this when Mrs Danvers asks for Mrs de Winter

  I’m afraid you have made a mistake… Mrs de Winter has been dead for over a year.
• Mrs Van Hopper says this when the heroine says she accepted Maxim’s proposal.

  Personally, I think you’re making a big mistake - one you will bitterly regret.
• Maxim says this after admitting the truth.

  Will you look into my eyes and tell me that you love me now?
• Description of Manderley on fire.

  It was shot with crimson, like a splash of blood.
• The heroine thinks this about Manderley in the opening chapter.


  We can never go back again, that much is certain.
• This is how Maxim is described.

  broodingly handsome
• What the heroine thinks when she first arrives at Mandeley

  I felt guilty at the sound, as one does in a church.
• Why are they exiled?

  It is the price they must pay for their triumph, achieved through murder and deceit.
• What are the key themes in Rebecca?

  Identity, jealousy, oppressive influence of the past
• What is the electra complex?

  the heroine must overcome a maternal figure to gain the paternal figure
• What is Mrs Danvers’ role?

  She mimics death, and Rebecca, and denies the heroine her identity
• what does maxim say after finding out the heroine went to the boathouse?

  Oh, God, what a fool I was to come back.
• What does Frank Crawley say when the heroine expresses feelings of inadequacy?

  none of us want to bring back the past, Maxim least of all.
• What is Manderley a symbol of?

  The heroine’s self, and her inability to assert authority or accept who she is
• What does Ben say to the heroine on the beach?

  I never said nothing, did I?
• What does Ben say to hint about the nature of Rebecca?

  She gave you the feeling of a snake