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Rebecca - Coggle Diagram
Rebecca
SOCIETY AND CLAS
Class divide in Manderley (the strict hierarchy among servants and residents)
Narrator's social insecurity (her discomfort with upper-class society)
Social expectations (rigid standards for behavior based on position)
DEATH AS ALL PERVASIVE
Rebecca's murder (the central death that drives the plot)
Manderley's destruction (the symbolic death of the estate by fire)
JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT
Inquest into Rebecca's death (the legal proceedings that threaten Maxim)
Maxim escaping punishment (the moral question of whether justice is served)
GENDER ROLES AND NORMS
Conformity vs. Rebellion (the contrast between Rebecca's rebellion and the narrator's conformity)
Feminine ideals challenged (questioning what makes an "ideal wife")
MEMORY AND THE PAST
Rebecca's haunting presence (how the past continues to affect the present)
Dream sequences of Manderley (the recurring dream that opens the novel)
VARIED ATTITUDES TOWARDS SEX AND SEXUALITY
Rebecca's sexual freedom (her affairs and unconventional sexuality)
Narrator's sexual innocence (her naivety and inexperience)
LIES AND DECEIT
Maxim's false grief (pretending to mourn Rebecca while actually having murdered her)
Mrs. Danvers' manipulation (her psychological manipulation of the narrator)
MATRIMONY AS NECESSARY FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESPECTABILITY
Marriage as escape (how the narrator uses marriage to escape her position as a companion)
Economic dependency (women's financial reliance on marriage for security)
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
Mrs. Danvers' loyalty (her obsessive devotion to Rebecca's memory)
Narrator's devotion to Maxim (standing by him even after learning he's a murderer)