It is often difficult to do justice to a novel through a film adaptation especially of a classic novel like Rebecca in which the characters are layered, subtle and subject to so many interpretations that the explicit cinema can never potray them accurately. Furthermore, it becomes difficult to make a film in a limited time not losing the soul of the novel. The novel Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier published in 1938 has never been out of print. Many attempts have been made to revive the classic through the various adaptations and it keeps attracting a large number of audience due to its everlasting themes which are relevant even to this day. The surreal estate of Manderley and the obdurate figure of Rebecca fascinates every reader. There have
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Hitchcock has tried its best to invigorate the film with the spirit of the novel but he terribly failed. His film My Cousin Rachel has been a brilliant adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s novel. Apart from the dark ambience of the beautiful Manderley, the parallel between Rebecca and her pallid successor also constitutes the major elements in the novel. The inclination of the movie is more towards the light and romantic side except the tensed atmosphere in Manderley, to appeal to a larger number of audience. The protagonist of the play who is the nameless Mrs. De Winter creates tension in a larger part of the novel. It is only at the end that the truth is revealed. The smaller duration of the film and the lacking details of the inner torment of Mrs De Winter fails to create much tension in the film. The beauty estate of Manderley is shown in the movie, but the rose gardens and the picturesque vegetation around the great mansion was not visible in the movie. Rebecca reformed Manderley from a barren land to a mesmerizing estate which attracted people from every part of the country. There are many large and significant changes as well as subtle but significant changes in the movie as many of the important events have not been mentioned. To start with, in the
Hitchcock has tried its best to invigorate the film with the spirit of the novel but he terribly failed. His film My Cousin Rachel has been a brilliant adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s novel. Apart from the dark ambience of the beautiful Manderley, the parallel between Rebecca and her pallid successor also constitutes the major elements in the novel. The inclination of the movie is more towards the light and romantic side except the tensed atmosphere in Manderley, to appeal to a larger number of audience. The protagonist of the play who is the nameless Mrs. De Winter creates tension in a larger part of the novel. It is only at the end that the truth is revealed. The smaller duration of the film and the lacking details of the inner torment of Mrs De Winter fails to create much tension in the film. The beauty estate of Manderley is shown in the movie, but the rose gardens and the picturesque vegetation around the great mansion was not visible in the movie. Rebecca reformed Manderley from a barren land to a mesmerizing estate which attracted people from every part of the country. There are many large and significant changes as well as subtle but significant changes in the movie as many of the important events have not been mentioned. To start with, in the