"Rebecca" by Daphen Du Maurier This book takes place in the 19th century. There are a lot of different characters in this book. Some of them have very small parts, but they show you things about the major people in the book. Rebecca was a very admired person in her town. ... the widower of Rebecca, who was supposed to have killed her self in the ocean. But Maxim is the one who killed her himself by sinking her boat. He drilled holes in the bottom. No one knows it until a larger boat hits it, and they bring it up to shore. Jack Favell was Rebecca's cousin. He adored Rebecca. The only bad ... ...

• Word Count: 2965
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... to finally shake off the burden of Rebecca's ghost. Meanwhile, however, the noose of justice tightens around Maxim: first, it is found that holes have been drilled in the bottom of Rebecca's boat; luckily the coroner delivers a report of suicide, rather than murder. But soon Rebecca's ... the heroine's memory, the scenes shifts to sun-drenched Monte Carlo, where Mrs. Van Hopper holds sway. We quickly gain insights into the characters presented: the old lady is hardly a nice person, certainly, but her disagreeableness contains no real malice; indeed, her ghastly, gossipy behavior around .....

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• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... Jack. That information infuriated Maxim to the point that he shot and killed Rebecca and sailed out in Rebecca's boat with her body hidden ad slashed holes in the boat. They claimed that she committed suicide but Jack knew Maxim had something to do with it. All eyes were on Maxim for awhile ... not got over the death of Rebecca" (Wilmore 1). The narrator is insecure so she believes this but still marries him. Du Maurier created two types of characters, the narrator and Rebecca. "I always identified Mum with the second, rather timid one," says Browning" (House 1). Browning is stating that...

• Word Count: 3228
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School