she immediately get s em ba rra sse d an d tal ks to

he r ide nti ty as Mrs. De Winter,

, she
er as if ash am ed of her sel f. Even tho ug h she is the mistress
the ho use ke ep
nvers,' I
e lik e a chi ld an d beg ins apo logizing, " 'I'm sorry, Mrs. Da
lacks confidenc
tea d
, my wo rds tum bli ng ov er on e an oth er; " (Maurier 91). Ins
said, stammering
ke ep er, she
g voice of a mi str ess to a ho use
of having a mo re co mm an din
realizes she ma de a mistake.
sta mm ers like a child wh en she

e escape'. This
fied as: 'The impossibility of tru
Another the me could be identi
een
tho r to de mo nst rat e the na tur e of the rel ati on shi ps be tw
the me allows the au
ng Rebecca's
po we rfu l an d sub mi ssi ve ch ara cte rs in the text. In showi
the
the na rra tor , the
tin uin g inf lue nce in the rel ationship be tw een Maxim an d
con
committed. After
tho r foc use s on the ina bil ity of Max to esc ap e a mu rde r he
au
it obvious tha t Max
dis cov ery of Ma x's cri me of murder, the au tho r makes
the
" (Maurier 278).
tha t he has los t to Re bec ca by sta tin g" 'Rebecca has wo n,'
feels
ge s to force Maxim
ult im ate ly sho ws he r po we r as she is de ad bu t still ma na
This
rde r. The au tho r
po sit ion wh ere he has to def end himself on a charge of mu
into a
ion ate an d is a
s gu ilt tha t Ma x fee ls to sho w tha t he is actually co mp ass
uses thi
ed ne arl y a
ve ch ara cte r as we ll. He dec ribes ho w" 'Something ha pp en
submissi
again .. '
tha t alt ere d my wh ole life . I ha d to begin living all ov er
ye ar ago
rde r an d still
ier 28 2). Th is im pli es tha t he did no t wa nt to co mm it mu
"(Maur
side as he
ilty ab ou t it. Th e rea de rs see his vulnerability an d ins ecu re
feels gu
he re as she
to his mu rde rs. Re bec ca is pre sen ted as being powerful
confesses
ng tho se
x ne arl y go "'m ad ... Sit tin g do wn the de sk the re, an sw eri
makes Ma
str ate he r
ter s of sym pat hy .' "(M aur ier 282). This helps the au tho r illu
ter rib le let

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