rebecca movie vs the novel
Rebecca, a classic suspense novel written by Daphne Du Maurier is considered oneof the finest Gothic romance of the 20th century. It was first published in 1938, andbecame immediate best seller. Alfred Hitchcock gave it a yet wider audience when hemade it into a memorable motion picture. Starring Laurence Oliver as Maxim de Winterand Joan Fontaine as Mrs. de Winter, the black and white version of the movie, was basedon the book. The book and the movie are not very much alike, in fact, they are in severalways different. Nonetheless, most of the movie followed the book closely, however, manyimportant scenes from the book were not presented in the movie version. Moreover, somedetails that made the book very interesting to read, were absent in the movie. Therefore,the book was more interesting and enjoyable due to its detailed Gothic settings and thesuspense that made reader part of it. The book is about a young, shy girl who worked as a "paid companion" for awealthy woman, Mrs. Van Hopper. On their trip to Monte Carlo the narrator met Maximde Winter, one of the wealthiest people in England. Maxim's late wife, Rebecca was saidto be drowned in the sea while sailing. Thus
Danvers set Manderley on fire,because she could not stand Maxim and his new wife living happily together. One of very important symbolic objects was notmentioned in the movie at all. Another similarity is the part where Mrs. One reason is that Du Maurier describes everythingvery clearly and detailed, whereas, the movie constantly ignores many details. Hence, the novel seemedmore interesting and preferable to read. Danvers is clearly portrayed as very evil and spooky character. Several times throughout thenovel guests visit the Manderley, but in the movie no one is seen visiting the place butBeatrice, Maxim's sister. de Winter prepares hercostume for the dance ball that she arranged, was identical to that of described in the Grabedyan 3book. Maxim and Rebecca were not happy living together, andthey always had tension between them, because Rebecca always had lovers other thanMax. The bookhas many preferences over the movie. Danvers was adore of dead Rebecca and did not want anyonetaking the place of her. Finally over a short period oftime they got married and left Monte. The book and the movie follow same story quite well.
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