ENGL 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Manderley, Miscegenation, Promiscuity
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Behavior wise she likes sex, sailing, partying, and riding horses. She is the head of the household. She is beautiful and stunning but she cuts her hair. Her cutting her hair means she is independent and she is her own agency. This is a social concern as she does not care what society thinks about her. She cut her hair for practical reasons because it would be easier for her to sail with shorter hair. There never is a clue that she wants to have children. She laughs when the bullet enters her hear. She knew she was very ill with cancer. She cheats on max all the time. She made a bargain with max promising to make manderley great again. Max is afraid of public opinion so he allows rebecca to do whatever she wants. Her marriage with max was for the sake of opinion. She is sexuall polluated as she is not a virgin.
