Atmosphere of Fear and Tension in Rebecca
Shy ladies' companion is staying in Monte Carlo with her stuffy
employer when she meets the wealthy George Fortescu Maximillian
'Maxim' de Winter. Max is still troubled over the death of his first
wife Rebecca, who was killed in a boating accident the year before.
She and Max fall in love and get married. They return to Manderley,
his large country estate in Cornwall. The second Mrs. De Winter meets
the housekeeper Mrs. Danvers and discovers that Rebecca still has a
strange hold on Manderley. The second Mrs. De Winter wants it change
this; she wants to hold her own masquerade ball to introduce herself.
Maxim appears in a hallway, she joyfully rushes into his arms, and
then asks his permission to hold her own fancy dress costume ball to
lighten up the atmosphere.
"I'll design a costume all by myself and give you the surprise of your
life".
While sketching various costume ideas for the ball, Mrs. Danvers
suggest that Mrs. De Winter find inspiration from the large family
painting in the hall at the top of the stairs, a portrait of Lady
Caroline de Winter (one of Maxim's ancestors), dressed in a white
ruffled dress:
"I hear Mr. De Winter say that this is his favorite of all the
paintings".
Unknowingly, the heroine is planning to be dressed up like Rebecca
once was.
She glides down the great staircase to the ballroom, smiling proudly
and radiantly dressed in an exact copy of the lavish white gown. After
she greets him, he turns round and does not seem very impressed with
the dress - but appalled and angry at her for wearing the same kind of
dress worn by Rebecca at the p...
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...ers watches the girl's every move, making sure she doesn't loose
eye contact with her, having her stare at her all the time makes it
scary, bringing tension and fear. Hitchcock keeps her vulnerable
whilst Danvers hypnotizes her into a 'little nightmare'. Danvers is
nearly there, the audience knows it and so does Anderson. She has
nearly got her into her trap. The picture is still a two shot of them
both. Mrs. Danvers is wide eyed as she watches and waits for the girl
to make her move, she moves away and backs off from the girl to give
her room to jump. Music changes yet again, suspense builds, shadows
flicker. Then suddenly she snaps out of it, and in the distance are
loud explosions of flares being let off. There is a final
disappointment on Danver's face. It finishes off with a long shot of
Danvers, silent and still.
beauty than the girl has herself , but here her beauty is much greater than the "poor dress". In
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