Daphne du6/2/2023 ![]() ![]() Social insecurities are enhanced when she hears tell of how talented and charming her predecessor, Rebecca had been. This discomfort with her class continues even when she becomes Lady Manderley. When she first meets Maxim, she is acutely aware of the class difference between herself and Mr. She ends up becoming a traveling companion to a wealthy American woman who loves gossiping. With both her parents dead and coming from a working-class background herself, she finds it difficult to fend for herself. ![]() We understand that she is 21 years old when she meets her to-be husband, Maxim de Winter. However, there is a lot that we can gather about her from the way she recounts the story of Rebecca. ![]() The protagonist of the story (who is also the narrator) never reveals her first name, nor her maiden name to us. There is a smattering of smaller characters in the novel Rebecca as well, but they are mostly stock characters that do not show much development. Danvers, most of whom radically transform through the course of the novel. The most notable characters in the story include the narrator herself, her husband, Maxim de Winter, Rebecca, and Mrs. Daphne du Maurier has crafted some extremely complex characters, some of whom undergo immense character development by the end of the novel. ![]()
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