Danvers

to deception. Mrs. Danvers, the housemaid of Manderley, manipulates Mrs. de Winter into dressing up just as Rebecca had the year prior, which threatens her marriage to Maxim. Rebecca was the epitome of deceit during her time spent at Manderley. She lied about sneaking around with other men, including her cousin, and was pregnant with another man’s baby. Mr. de Winter was dishonest with Mrs. de Winter about his past wife Rebecca by failing to mention he murdered her. Mrs. Danvers portrays the…

the water fairly often during the film. This recurring motif is a harsh sound, manifested towards the climax of the film when Mrs Danvers is convincing the second Mrs DeWinter to jump out the window. It heightens her distressed emotions from being humiliated and thus evokes a level of anger from the viewers as they feel exasperation towards the sinister lady, Mrs Danvers. Hitchcock uses his role as the director to control the camera to place emphasis on certain aspects of the scenes that may…

imagined herself talking on the phone, “Why not come down to Manderley next weekend?” (Rebecca, 1938, pg.49) But to her surprise her arrival isn't what she expected; Rebecca's presence is everywhere and kept alive by the household keeper, Mrs. Danvers. Mrs. Danvers, makes it…

paranoia and fear caused by the memories and presence of Mr de Winter’s first wife Rebecca brought to surface through her loyal and trusted housekeeper Ms Danvers. The film ends with the discovery that Rebecca and Maxim’s marriage was built upon a lie and Rebecca in fact had cancer. Maxim killed her and dumped her boat and body in the sea and Ms Danvers burns down Manderley because she refuses to live with the fact that Maxim and the new Mrs de Winter live there and are happy (“Filmsite Movie…

to Manderley, this serves as a sign that Manderley is at the center of the mystery surrounding Rebecca’s death. Once the narrator is at Manderley The narrator learns the Rebecca isn't all gone and that she continues to live physically through Mrs. Danvers, the head housekeeper to Rebecca, and spiritually through everyone else. Rebecca supernatural presence in the book is one of the gothic themes of the book along with the cold but…

reputation in the communities of Salem and Danvers, Massachusetts leads to an unhealthy amount of conformity. In Conversion, the daily struggles of maintaining the reputation as the ideal St. Joan’s girl, being organized, smart, and well-rounded, become overwhelming. This overwhelming sense of conformity among the girls at St. Joan’s turns to a serious mystery illness that infects many of the students. The outbreak results in chaos across the community of Danvers, Massachusetts, adding to the…

ultimately leads to his suffering as memories of Rebecca flow through his mind. No matter how hard he tries, he can’t pretend like nothing ever happened. The consequences of the bad decision will affect him negatively later. Another complication is Mrs. Danvers disapproval of Mrs. de White. According to the text, “she is so different from…

evil when he, “...trampled calmly over the child’s body and left her screaming on the ground.” (3) This first turning point Stevenson describes is sick yet crucial to the events that occur later in the book, like the killing of Sir Danvers Carew.The killing of Sir Danvers Carew, a member of the Parliament, was a major turning point that caused Jekyll to realize his mistake of creating the personality of Hyde. Hyde barges in the house of Carew that night and with a, “...ill contained…

On a foggy night with the moon shining pale and bright in the empty sky, there was not a person to be seen except for two men. The street was tranquil and nice, but something horrific took place here. This was a scene from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The story takes place in London in the early 1800’s; it starts with two men, Mr. Utterson and Mr. Enfield, walking down the street when they come across a door. Mr. Enfield recalls an account of…

hard not to look at the pre-production factors without finding some similarities. The Marvel heroine we’re talking about today is Carol Danvers a.k.a Captain Marvel. No, not DC’s Billy Baston also known as Shazam and Captain Marvel and certainly not the CW’s Supergirl who is known as Kara Danvers. No relation. For anyone who might be unfamiliar with Carol Danvers, she was originally known as Ms. Marvel before she took on the mantle Captain Marvel from Mar-Vell…