Session
Education and Development
Description
Rebecca is a novel written by Daphne Du Maurier, in which the main characters are women. This paper focuses on the only male point of view in the novel, Maxim de Winter’s. He was Rebecca’s husband and he is the spouse of the current Mrs. de Winter. He is also Mrs. Danver’s landlord, Beatrice’s brother, and Mrs. Van Hopper’s acquaintance. He is the lynchpin uniting the female characters, whose decisive leadership motivates the novel’s action. In the past, critics have often analyzed the plot’s female points of view, mentioning Mr. de Winter mainly as an opposite entity to these ladies. This essay examines Maxim’s experience of the women who have—apparently, against his will—taken over and decided about his whole adult life. This paper’s primary aim is to introduce into the criticism the figure of Maxim de Winter as a stronger masculine character in a novel dominated by women and their preponderant presence.
Keywords:
Rebecca, Du Maurier, de Winter, Manderley
Session Chair
Silvishah Miftari Goodspeed
Session Co-Chair
Halil Bashota
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-437-69-1
Location
Pristina, Kosovo
Start Date
27-10-2018 1:30 PM
End Date
27-10-2018 3:00 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2018.128
Recommended Citation
Goodspeed, Silvishah Miftari, "Maxim de Winter’s perception of the female world in Du Maurier’s Rebecca" (2018). UBT International Conference. 128.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2018/all-events/128
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Maxim de Winter’s perception of the female world in Du Maurier’s Rebecca
Pristina, Kosovo
Rebecca is a novel written by Daphne Du Maurier, in which the main characters are women. This paper focuses on the only male point of view in the novel, Maxim de Winter’s. He was Rebecca’s husband and he is the spouse of the current Mrs. de Winter. He is also Mrs. Danver’s landlord, Beatrice’s brother, and Mrs. Van Hopper’s acquaintance. He is the lynchpin uniting the female characters, whose decisive leadership motivates the novel’s action. In the past, critics have often analyzed the plot’s female points of view, mentioning Mr. de Winter mainly as an opposite entity to these ladies. This essay examines Maxim’s experience of the women who have—apparently, against his will—taken over and decided about his whole adult life. This paper’s primary aim is to introduce into the criticism the figure of Maxim de Winter as a stronger masculine character in a novel dominated by women and their preponderant presence.