Very interesting theories. No cliff-jumping, the bay at Polridmouth (a beach I know well, and the setting for the boathouse below Menabilly, where Du Maurier lived) doesn't have high enough cliffs! Although you can easily wade out, into the tide.....
I always understood the plot to be signalling that Mrs Danvers had despaired at learning that Maxim had been allowed to go free, because she believed he had killed her beloved Rebecca (as he had). So she ended her life and destroyed his Manderley, in one night. She burns the shrine to Rebecca - and sacrifices herself.
I think the book was set up for us to think that it was Mrs. Danvers, but because it wasn't so obviously so - I think it's just fun to think of the other possibilities! - N
Very interesting theories. No cliff-jumping, the bay at Polridmouth (a beach I know well, and the setting for the boathouse below Menabilly, where Du Maurier lived) doesn't have high enough cliffs! Although you can easily wade out, into the tide.....
I always understood the plot to be signalling that Mrs Danvers had despaired at learning that Maxim had been allowed to go free, because she believed he had killed her beloved Rebecca (as he had). So she ended her life and destroyed his Manderley, in one night. She burns the shrine to Rebecca - and sacrifices herself.
I think the book was set up for us to think that it was Mrs. Danvers, but because it wasn't so obviously so - I think it's just fun to think of the other possibilities! - N
Love these theories! I definitely think it was Mrs. Danvers 🔥☄️☄️☄️
We mostly think that too but there's also an odd kind of pleasure in imagining it to be the ghost of Rebecca!
No for SURE that’s fun!