Rebecca movie review & film summary

The Narrator Maxim De Winter's second wife and the narrator of the novel. The narrator works as Mrs. Van Hopper's paid companion in Monte Carlo until meeting Maxim and agreeing to marry him. Unsophisticated and timid, the narrator is insecure about her role as the mistress of Manderley and is overwhelmed by the constant reminder of Rebecca in the estate. As the novel progresses, the narrator.. In Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca, Mrs. Van Hopper stands out as an intrusive busybody who lives for uncovering the personal lives of those around her. She first appears in the novel with " [o]ne hand carr [ying] a gigantic bag, the kind that holds passports, engagement diaries, and bridge scores, while the other hand toyed with that inevitable lorgnette, the enemy to other people's privacy.

Mrs. Van Hopper: The narrator's employer in Monte Carlo, characterized as loud and domineering, contrasting sharply with the narrator's timid nature. Rebecca: The deceased first wife of Maxim, whose presence looms large over the story, representing beauty and cruelty.. Mrs. Van Hopper doesn't appear in Rebecca for very long, but if she hadn't introduced herself to Maxim de Winter, the narrator would never have met him. Furthermore, Van Hopper is the first character in the novel who sees Maxim's marriage to the narrator for the potential disaster it is.