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** Likewise from the same dub, this is not the first time we hear Creator/ShinichiroMiki (Maxim de Winter) [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 has voiced troubled men]] [[Anime/VisionOfEsclaflowne who has lost a loved one at some point of their lives]].

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** Likewise from the same dub, this is not the first time we hear Creator/ShinichiroMiki (Maxim de Winter) [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 has voiced troubled men]] [[Anime/VisionOfEsclaflowne [[Anime/VisionOfEscaflowne who has lost a loved one at some point of their lives]].

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* ActorAllusion: In the 2019 Japanese dub, it's not very hard to see why they cast Creator/YukoMiyamura as Mrs. Danvers: [[Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion It is not the first time that she voices a character that a loved one close to her has died, and her absence causes serious conflicts in her personality, except replace "late master" with "mother"]].

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In the 2019 Japanese dub, it's not very hard to see why they cast Creator/YukoMiyamura as Mrs. Danvers: [[Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion It is not the first time that she voices has voiced a character that a loved one close to her has died, and her absence causes serious conflicts in her personality, except replace "late master" with "mother"]]."mother"]].
** Likewise from the same dub, this is not the first time we hear Creator/ShinichiroMiki (Maxim de Winter) [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 has voiced troubled men]] [[Anime/VisionOfEsclaflowne who has lost a loved one at some point of their lives]].
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* ActorAllusion: In the 2019 Japanese dub, it's not very hard to see why they cast Creator/YukoMiyamura as Mrs. Danvers: [[Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion It is not the first time that she voices a character that a loved one close to her has died, and her absence causes serious conflicts in her personality, except replace "late master" with "mother"]].
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* LoveForgivesAllButLust: An interesting variation: The female lead spends the first half of the book moping because she thinks her husband is still in love with his (dead) first wife instead of her. Cue {{wangst}}. But then it's revealed that he hated his first wife, and he actually murdered her. Murder? No problem! He doesn't love that minx; he loves me! (To be fair, it's presented like his first wife was The Vamp with absolutely no moral code and masterfully provoked him to do it... but still.)
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* AgeGapRomance: Downplayed. Maxim is a widower in his early forties when he marries the heroine, who is in her early twenties. As much as they love one another, and even without the spectre of Rebecca haunting them, there is a lot of insecurity on both sides due to the age gap: Maxim occasionally wonders whether he is too old to relate to her, and if she would have been better of with someone her age, while the heroine is resentful of being treated like a child, and feels inferior to Maxim due to her relative youth and naiveté.

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* AgeGapRomance: Downplayed. Maxim is a widower in his early forties when he marries the heroine, who is in her early twenties. As much as they love one another, and even without the spectre of Rebecca haunting them, there is a lot of insecurity on both sides due to the age gap: Maxim occasionally wonders whether he is too old to relate to her, and if she would have been better of off with someone her age, while the heroine is resentful of being treated like a child, and feels inferior to Maxim due to her relative youth and naiveté.



* TheAllConcealingI: Used in the novel to leave the narrator [[NoNameGiven nameless]], known only as the second Mrs. de Winter.

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* TheAllConcealingI: Used in the novel to leave the narrator [[NoNameGiven nameless]], nameless,]] known only as the second Mrs. de Winter.



* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: The second Mrs. de Winter becomes even more passionately in love with Maxim once [[spoiler: he admits that he killed Rebecca. Justified because the second Mrs. de Winter's greatest fear was that Maxim still loved Rebecca. When he confesses to killing her]], it proves that he doesn't and never did. However, the novel repeatedly hints that Maxim is actually rather weak-willed ([[spoiler:as demonstrated by Rebecca's successful SuicideByCop]]).

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: The second Mrs. de Winter becomes even more passionately in love with Maxim once [[spoiler: he admits that he killed Rebecca. Justified because the second Mrs. de Winter's greatest fear was that Maxim still loved Rebecca. When he confesses to killing her]], her,]] it proves that he doesn't and never did. However, the novel repeatedly hints that Maxim is actually rather weak-willed ([[spoiler:as demonstrated by Rebecca's successful SuicideByCop]]).



* ArchEnemy: Mrs. Danvers to 'Maxim' de Winter and the second Mrs. de Winter.
* AuthorAvatar: The second Mrs. de Winter's original name being "Daphne" implies that she was supposed to be one, though there are articles suggesting that the real author insert is Rebecca (du Maurier, at around the time that she was writing ''Rebecca'', was also writing passionate, if self-loathing-filled, love letters to a straight, married woman; a lot of descriptors she uses for herself in these letters are similar to the descriptions of Rebecca in the novel). Of course, it could be both of them.
* TheBadGuyWins: Discussed throughout the novel, with the narrator always thinking that Rebecca is conquering from beyond the grave. In the end, [[spoiler: Rebecca loses her power to hurt the new couple, but Mrs. Danvers destroys Manderley and causes the bleak ending described in the prologue right when the couple were happy for the first time]].
* BigBad: Mrs. Danvers but really [[spoiler: Rebecca]].

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* ArchEnemy: Mrs. Danvers to 'Maxim' Maxim de Winter and the second Mrs. de Winter.
* AuthorAvatar: The second Mrs. de Winter's original name being "Daphne" implies that she was supposed to be one, though there are articles suggesting that the real author insert is Rebecca (du Maurier, at around the time that she was writing ''Rebecca'', was also writing passionate, if self-loathing-filled, love letters to a straight, married woman; a woman. A lot of descriptors she uses for herself in these letters are similar to the descriptions of Rebecca in the novel). Of course, it could be both of them.
* TheBadGuyWins: Discussed throughout the novel, with the narrator always thinking that Rebecca is conquering from beyond the grave. In the end, [[spoiler: Rebecca loses her power to hurt the new couple, but Mrs. Danvers destroys Manderley and causes the bleak ending described in the prologue right when the couple were happy for the first time]].
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* BigBad: Mrs. Danvers but really [[spoiler: Rebecca]].Rebecca.]]



* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: The widely adored Rebecca was an utter selfish bitch who was nice to people on their faces but laughed and jeered behind their backs]].

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: The widely adored Rebecca was an utter utterly selfish bitch who was nice to people on to their faces but laughed and jeered at them behind their backs]].backs.]]



* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler: Favell attempts to blackmail Maxim with his note from Rebecca, which suggests that Rebecca did not actually commit suicide, implicating Maxim himself]].

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* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler: Favell attempts to blackmail Maxim with his note from Rebecca, which suggests that Rebecca did not actually commit suicide, implicating Maxim himself]].himself.]]



* BrutalHonesty: Beatrice is famous for never sugarcoating her opinions and to tell people face-on she doesn't like them. Fortunately she takes an immediate liking to the second Mrs. de Winter.

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* BrutalHonesty: Beatrice is famous for never sugarcoating her opinions and to tell people face-on she doesn't like them. Fortunately Fortunately, she takes an immediate liking to the second Mrs. de Winter.
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While working in Monte Carlo as the companion for the wealthy Mrs. Van Hopper, our young unnamed heroine meets the much wealthier Maxim de Winter: a moody, inscrutable widower presumed still to be in deep mourning for his late wife, the beautiful Rebecca, tragically drowned in a boating accident. Thus no-one is more surprised than the shy, gauche little companion when Maxim not only seems attracted to her but impetuously proposes they wed there and then.

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While working in Monte Carlo as the companion for the wealthy Mrs. Van Hopper, our young unnamed heroine meets the much wealthier Maxim de Winter: a moody, inscrutable widower presumed still to be in deep mourning for his late wife, the beautiful Rebecca, tragically drowned in a boating accident. Thus no-one no one is more surprised than the shy, gauche little companion when Maxim not only seems attracted to her but impetuously proposes they wed there and then.

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* IAmSong: "I'm an American Woman" (which, aside from the title line, is entirely in German). Also, "Mrs. de Winter bin ich!" ("Mrs. de Winter is me!"), a duet between the heroine and Mrs. Danvers.
** "Sie ergibt sich nicht" ("She's invincible") for Rebecca, sung by Mrs. Danvers.



* IWantSong: "Zeit in einer Flasche" ("Time in a Bottle"), where Mrs. de Winter-to-be wishes for a way to capture the magic of a moment, the reality of a dream, and the miracle of understanding in order to remember her time with Mr. de Winter in Monte Carlo, not knowing that he intends to marry her.



* LargeHam: Mrs. van Hopper as portrayed by Carin Filipčić in the musical.



* SanitySlippageSong: The second reprise of "Rebecca".



* SidekickSong: "Die lieben Verwandten" ("Beloved relatives"), sung by Beatrice and Giles, with the second Mrs. de Winter joining in at the end.



* TriumphantReprise: "Hilf mir durch die Nacht" ("Help Me Through the Night") is a DistantDuet with Maxim and wife unable to get through the demons at Manderley. It is reprised triumphantly in "Jenseits der Nacht" ("Beyond the Night"), where they are together and happy at last.
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** In the musical it's orchids for Rebecca. Mrs. Danvers comments that they may seem dead sometimes but can come to blossom unexpectedly. Interestingly, the new Mrs. de Winter later replaces them with azaleas.
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* CounterpointDuet: "Mrs de Winter Bin Ich!" (Mrs de Winter is me!) is a duet between, as you might have guessed, the new Mrs de Winter and Mrs Danvers. The second Mrs De Winter feels she can't compete with the first and also there's something of a reversal of the dynamic Max and Rebecca had where the marriage is more real and solid but makes a poorer show to most of the wider society around Manderley than the first marriage.
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* BuryYourGays: Played straight in the book with Mrs. Danvers, and if one subscribes to the film's heavy suggestion she's a lesbian in the film.

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* BuryYourGays: Played straight Averted in the book with Mrs. Danvers, and played straight if one subscribes to the film's heavy suggestion she's a lesbian in the film.
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* BuryYourGays: Played straight in the book with Mrs. Danvers, and if one subscribes to the film's heavy suggestion she's a lesbian in the film.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Jack Favell. [[spoiler:By informing Mrs. Danvers that Rebecca had deceived them and that Maxim had been cleared of any murder charges, he unknowingly caused Manderley's destruction]].
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%%* BirdsOfAFeather: The heroine and Maxim are this. - ZCE

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** Conversely, Rebecca and Favell get along too well for Maxim’s comfort.



* WrongGenreSavvy: The second Mrs. de Winter keeps imagining herself as the heroine of a conventional romance novel, instead of a gothic romance. What

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* WrongGenreSavvy: The second Mrs. de Winter keeps imagining herself as the heroine of a conventional romance novel, instead of a gothic romance. What JustifiedTrope since the first act of the novel plays out like a straightforward romance novel, except what should be the happily ever after ending is actually the beginning of the story at Manderley.

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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Debatably in the case of Rebecca herself, since her character derived from hearsay, but otherwise the main characters fit quit nicely:
** The narrator (Phlegmatic), Maxim (Melancholic), Mrs Danvers (Choleric), Rebecca (Sanguine).
***Alternatively Favell also counts as sanguine.



* WrongGenreSavvy: The second Mrs. de Winter keeps imagining herself as the heroine of a conventional romance novel, instead of a gothic romance.

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* WrongGenreSavvy: The second Mrs. de Winter keeps imagining herself as the heroine of a conventional romance novel, instead of a gothic romance. What

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* AgeGapRomance: Downplayed. Maxim is a widower in his early forties when he marries the heroine, who is in her early twenties. Deconstructed slightly in that as much as they love one another, and even without the spectre of Rebecca haunting them, there is a lot of insecurity on both sides due to the age gap: Maxim occasionally wonders whether he is too old to relate to her, and if she would have been better of with someone her age, while the heroine is resentful of being treated like a child, and feels inferior to Maxim due to her relative youth and naiveté.

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* AgeGapRomance: Downplayed. Maxim is a widower in his early forties when he marries the heroine, who is in her early twenties. Deconstructed slightly in that as As much as they love one another, and even without the spectre of Rebecca haunting them, there is a lot of insecurity on both sides due to the age gap: Maxim occasionally wonders whether he is too old to relate to her, and if she would have been better of with someone her age, while the heroine is resentful of being treated like a child, and feels inferior to Maxim due to her relative youth and naiveté.


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* IntimateHairBrushing: Mrs Danvers talks lovingly of brushing Rebecca's hair every night before bed. She even has her hairbrush left exactly as it was when she was alive.
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* HaughtyHelp: Mrs Danvers the housekeeper is contemptuous of her employer's new wife, trying to bully and belittle her. Mrs Danvers had a very close attachment to the previous lady of the house, the titular Rebecca, and does not believe that the replacement is worthy of Rebecca's place.
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A new adaption for Netflix is in the works, to be directed by Ben Wheatley (''Film/HighRise'', ''Film/FreeFire'', ''Film/KillList'') and starring Creator/LilyJames as the second Mrs. de Winter and Creator/ArmieHammer as Maxim de Winter.

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A new adaption for Netflix is in the works, to be directed by Ben Wheatley (''Film/HighRise'', ''Film/FreeFire'', ''[[Film/FreeFire2017 Free Fire]]'', ''Film/KillList'') and starring Creator/LilyJames as the second Mrs. de Winter and Creator/ArmieHammer as Maxim de Winter.
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* LiteraryNecrophilia: The book got a sequel in Susan Hill's ''Mrs. De Winter''.

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* LiteraryNecrophilia: The book got a sequel in Susan Hill's ''Mrs. De Winter''.Winter'', which in its turn was followed by Sally Beauman's ''Rebecca's Tale'', which veers into {{Prequel}} territory in part of its narrative.
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A new adaption for Netflix is in the works, to be directed by Ben Wheatley (''Film/HighRise'', ''Film/Sightseers'', ''Film/FreeFire'', ''Film/KillList'') and starring Creator/LilyJames as the second Mrs. de Winter and Creator/ArmieHammer as Maxim de Winter.

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A new adaption for Netflix is in the works, to be directed by Ben Wheatley (''Film/HighRise'', ''Film/Sightseers'', ''Film/FreeFire'', ''Film/KillList'') and starring Creator/LilyJames as the second Mrs. de Winter and Creator/ArmieHammer as Maxim de Winter.
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A new adaption for Netflix is in the works, to be directed by Ben Wheatley (''Film/HighRise'', ''Film/AFieldInEngland'', ''Film/FreeFire'', ''Film/KillList'') and starring Creator/LilyJames as the second Mrs. de Winter and Creator/ArmieHammer as Maxim de Winter.

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A new adaption for Netflix is in the works, to be directed by Ben Wheatley (''Film/HighRise'', ''Film/AFieldInEngland'', ''Film/Sightseers'', ''Film/FreeFire'', ''Film/KillList'') and starring Creator/LilyJames as the second Mrs. de Winter and Creator/ArmieHammer as Maxim de Winter.
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A new adaption for Creator/Netflix is in the works, to be directed by Ben Wheatley (''Film/HighRise'', ''Film/AFieldInEngland'', ''Film/FreeFire'', ''Film/KillList'') and starring Creator/LilyJames as the second Mrs. de Winter and Creator/ArmieHammer as Maxim de Winter.

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A new adaption for Creator/Netflix Netflix is in the works, to be directed by Ben Wheatley (''Film/HighRise'', ''Film/AFieldInEngland'', ''Film/FreeFire'', ''Film/KillList'') and starring Creator/LilyJames as the second Mrs. de Winter and Creator/ArmieHammer as Maxim de Winter.
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A new adaption for ''Creator/Netflix'' is in the works, to be directed by Ben Wheatley (''Film/HighRise'', ''Film/AFieldInEngland'', ''Film/FreeFire'', ''Film/KillList'') and starring Creator/LilyJames as the second Mrs. de Winter and Creator/ArmieHammer as Maxim de Winter.

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A new adaption for ''Creator/Netflix'' Creator/Netflix is in the works, to be directed by Ben Wheatley (''Film/HighRise'', ''Film/AFieldInEngland'', ''Film/FreeFire'', ''Film/KillList'') and starring Creator/LilyJames as the second Mrs. de Winter and Creator/ArmieHammer as Maxim de Winter.
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A new adaption for Netflix is in the works, to be directed by Ben Wheatley (''Film/HighRise'', ''Film/AFieldInEngland'', ''Film/FreeFire'', ''Film/KillList'') and starring Creator/LilyJames as the second Mrs. de Winter and Creator/ArmieHammer as Maxim de Winter.

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A new adaption for Netflix ''Creator/Netflix'' is in the works, to be directed by Ben Wheatley (''Film/HighRise'', ''Film/AFieldInEngland'', ''Film/FreeFire'', ''Film/KillList'') and starring Creator/LilyJames as the second Mrs. de Winter and Creator/ArmieHammer as Maxim de Winter.
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A new adaption for Netflix is in the works, to be directed by Ben Wheatley (''Film/HighRise'', ''Film/AFieldinEngland'', ''Film/FreeFire'', ''Film/KillList'') and starring Creator/LilyJames as the second Mrs. de Winter and Creator/ArmieHammer as Maxim de Winter.

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A new adaption for Netflix is in the works, to be directed by Ben Wheatley (''Film/HighRise'', ''Film/AFieldinEngland'', ''Film/AFieldInEngland'', ''Film/FreeFire'', ''Film/KillList'') and starring Creator/LilyJames as the second Mrs. de Winter and Creator/ArmieHammer as Maxim de Winter.
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A new adaption for Netflix is in the works, to be directed by Ben Wheatley (''Film/HighRise'') and starring Creator/LilyJames as the second Mrs. de Winter and Creator/ArmieHammer as Maxim de Winter.

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A new adaption for Netflix is in the works, to be directed by Ben Wheatley (''Film/HighRise'') (''Film/HighRise'', ''Film/AFieldinEngland'', ''Film/FreeFire'', ''Film/KillList'') and starring Creator/LilyJames as the second Mrs. de Winter and Creator/ArmieHammer as Maxim de Winter.
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A new adaption for Netflix is in the works, to be directed by Ben Wheatley ([[High-Rise]]) and starring Creator/LilyJames as the second Mrs. de Winter and Creator/ArmieHammer as Maxim de Winter.

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A new adaption for Netflix is in the works, to be directed by Ben Wheatley ([[High-Rise]]) (''Film/HighRise'') and starring Creator/LilyJames as the second Mrs. de Winter and Creator/ArmieHammer as Maxim de Winter.
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A new adaption for Netflix is in the works, to be directed by Ben Wheatley ([[High-Rise]]) and starring Creator/LilyJames as the second Mrs. de Winter and Creator/ArmieHammer as Maxim de Winter.
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misuse. this trope is more than just about wearing a white dress


* WomanInWhite: Both Mrs. de Winters dress up as one for the fancy dress ball.
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Suicide By Cop is the more fitting trope


* ThanatosGambit: See Suicide by Cop.

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