Why did the author of Rebecca use imagery as the dominant literary element in the novel? I suppose Daphne De Maurier uses imagery so frequently throughout the novel to describe the setting and the different things and places, in and around Manderly.
Life at Maderly is supposed to be perfect and up to standards, but it is also dark and creepy. Everyone describes how life was at the mansion, when the first Mrs. De Winter was alive (Rebecca). Imagery is used to describe the good and bad sides of Manderly and the people with in it, and that visit. Imagery just describes everything better and helps define things better. Also, without the imagery, the book would be all about the girl and what she has to say, which would not be very interesting. Imagery adds depth and makes the novel much more interesting in my opinion.
-Nicole Dandridge
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hmm...I'm not quite buying the fact that you thought that imagery made the book more interesting because you said that the book was super boring!!!
ReplyDeleteI used imagery also. I think it made the book boring at suspenseful parts, and more interesting at boring parts. But not much more interesting. Boring parts are boring parts.
ReplyDeleteI actually agree with you. the imagery did enhance the book in a both good and bad. I would much rather read a book with a lot of imagery than a book with a 2nd wife complaining about her life.
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