Monday, October 20, 2014
Zach Blog: Thirst for Rebecca
So basically, sorry for posting late but I have been so busy all weekend. But in class we went over all of the character roles. The narrator is a jealous person that only compares her self to Rebecca. She cant't get over how "perfect" she was and I feel as if she loves Rebecca and that is the reason for her obsession. It is really the same thing in the Virgin Suicides with the boys so in theory the narrator is the boys. Kind of sad actually because the boys aren't as awesome as they think they are :(. Maxim de Winter is still attempting to get over Rebeccas death and we all know that he will never actually accomplish that. Finally, Rebecca is the "ideal" women in the story. She had brains, beauty, and bread well. So the way I see this story is just how everyone sees Rebecca as a superhuman and constantly compares everyone to her which leads to everyone being insanely depressed because no one can ever accomplish that.
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Here are some quotes and page numbers that my group used as prompts to speak about the narrator:
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- 29: insecure
- 16: I was too young, 29: danger
- 23: “she’s training me to be a thing called a companion”
- 14: a youthful thing and unimportant
- 24: sharing her family history and shyness gone
- 25: regretting her words; both alone in the world
- 16: school-girl
- 28: grown up at last
- always questions herself and falls back
Now:
- 5: repressing feelings, but thinks she is stronger, thinks she has conquered her devil
- doesn’t give herself and identity, lack of a name is HER choice
- 9: confidence, and “have lost my diffidence...intense desire to please”
confidence from a man (becomes confident when she takes upon the role of a man, or the role upon which someone else depends)
It's interesting to think about the fact that 14 (or so) of us all sit in the same class everyday, but we each take away different things. I am hearing what you are saying Nick, but it's like I had a totally different view on what we focused on class. It's interesting that you compared Maxim to the boys because I totally think that Maxim would look down upon the boy and think he is better than them. I totally agree with what you said about Rebecca though! You put it in a really great way and helped me look closer at my AOI (innocence) because it seems like Rebecca lost that perfect image of "beauty" or maybe it was taken away from her.
ReplyDeleteCAN I JUST START OFF SAYING…WOOWWWWW THEY GET MARRIED???
ReplyDeleteI actually never saw that coming. Like Matt said, I also pictured de Winters as more of a reserved and quiet person. I feel like he keeps his feelings inside and only shares them now, with his wife. I feel like he still is closed off and doesn't say everything he has to say about Rebecca and Manderley, but with his wife, he is not afraid to at least give it a try to be open(er).
I also thought it was nice that Beatrice was trying to help the narrator fit in and tell her that she should find something to do and wear new clothes, but I feel like then the narrator is being taken away from who she really is, and is trying to be turned into…REBECCA..dun dun dunnn.
Bridges I saw the same kind of connection to the Virgin Suicides with your theory on the boys... It seems like their is this sort of need to be above something or on top of everything looking down.. Im a little bit behind on the reading but i can already see how this happens.
ReplyDeleteI never really got the vibe that she loves Rebecca I just kind of felt she always asked Maxim about Rebecca in order to get a reaction out of him
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