... on a pedestal, but on the contrary, was treated as a criminal when she was kidnapped and taken to Templestone. Rebecca is the heroine of this story whose present seems quite tragic, for her love for Ivanhoe is so deep, yet she is a Jew and he is a Christian ... could represent a curse she put on the villain or it could simple be the author adding a bit of mystery to the novel. Furthermore, Rebecca the Jew was accused of using witchcraft to make a noble, Brian de Bois-Guilbert fall in love with her. This accusation led to her trial ... and ways were vastly different, Scott reveals a way...

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