Berry Boeckman
Mrs. Danvers was a cranky, devious, lady who had been Rebecca’s best friend and helper. When the new Mrs. De Winter arrived at Manderley, it seemed that she already decided that she did not like her even before they had met. When they finally met, Mrs. De Winter saw, “someone advance from the sea of faces, someone tall and gaunt, dressed in deep black, whose prominent cheek-bones and great hollow eyes gave her a skull’s face, parchment-white, set on a skeleton’s frame” (66). Mrs. Danvers had adored Rebecca and resented the new Mrs. De Winter with all her heart, mind, and soul.
The first impression of Mrs. Danvers was a mean, stern elderly lady who had worried and grieved much, for her health seemed to lack just by appearance. The black dress she was wearing was for mourning the death of Rebecca. When Rebecca had died, a part of herself had gone with her, leaving her only a skeleton like body without a heart and without a soul.
Before she even said hello to the new Mrs. De Winter, one could already tell that she was planning how to get rid of her. No matter what it took, she would never let the memory of Rebecca die, and she would constantly remind Mrs. De Winter of that.
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