Rebecca Chapter 7
The chapter begins with the De Winter's leaving the showers of London moving directly, to their arrival, at Manderley. A huge and beautiful manor house set in the coastal valley in England. The journey from London to Manderley was long. They drove through the middle of a huge forest of the "the blood red rhododendron in bloom". When she arrived to the main gate of the house, it's seemed to her she arrived to the house, but she didn't see the house, it was much further away. She had a feeling of fear from the new life she is going to start in this house. Max started to tell her about the maids and the servants in the house. It seemed he was feeling of her fear. They were to arrive to the house at five o'clock for tea time. But she saw herself dressed unsuitably "In a tan colored stockinet frock, a small fur known as a stone martin around the neck". When they arrived to the house, Mrs. De Winter finds it beautiful, the size of her new home also frightens her, especially when the entire staff of servants comes out to greet her, led by the b
They went back to the library. Max was reading and Mrs. De Winter felt lonely and when she settled into her chair, she begins to think about Rebecca, whose place she has taken as Mrs. de Winter and Mistress of Manderley. Mrs. De Winter frequently feels of the spirit of Rebecca around the house. She feels very strange towards Mrs. Danvers. We see Mrs. Danvers was fiercely devoted to Rebecca, and remains loyal to her even after death. She despises Mrs. De Winter for taking her mistress's place. Rebecca is not the typical ghost story: although characters frequently speak of Rebecca's presence at Manderley, her ghost never actually appears itself. But then, the ghost does not need to actually appear, for it has a living spokesperson in the house, representing its interests. From the beginning we clearly see Mrs. Danvers's wickedness: we read, "Someone advanced from the sea of faces, someone tall and gaunt, dressed in deep black, whose prominent cheek-bones and great, hollow eyes gave her a skull's face, parchment- white, set on skeleton's frame." Thi
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Approximate Word count = 711
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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