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The Narrator In Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca

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In Daphne Du Maurier’s novel Rebecca, The narrator is portrayed as a wishful young woman always clawing for something right in front of her, yet out of reach. The narrator’s desires encompass becoming older, “[to be] a woman of about thirty-six dressed in black satin with a string of pearls”(37). In order to please her newlywed, Maxim, she strives to be on equal terms with the elegance and maturity of his first wife, Rebecca. The narrator drives herself to reflect the very being of Rebecca, all the while knowing deep down that she can never attain such a reputation. Our narrator dreams only of living a happy life with Maxim, one in which “[They] would have children. Surely [they] would have children.”(376). She aspires to live up to the title

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