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The novel opens with "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again" a dream of a place known to dreamer, it is written in first person narrative, hence establishing significant questions about the plot of the novel. therefore the novel becomes an explanation of this one mystery, events that unfold in the novel contributes to the loss of Manderley and the narrator's preoccupation with it in her dreams. The starkness surrounding Manderley suggests nostalgia making it even more desirable. The dark, uninviting manner tries to keep the dreamer away from the property, it foreshadows all the events that are going to occur step by step like chain reaction. The linguistic techniques used are not accidental as it echo’s the truth. The dream is very symbolic and indirect. The whole dream is a metaphor, if the dreamer acknowledges what the imagery represents the dreamer will then be able to confront that aspect of the nightmare and dispel the fear associated with it.The Setting, Nature, Objects, sexual undertone, weather and religious referencing create of imagery of the symptomatic events that are to unfold.

In the first chapter, nature is personified engendering a feeling of natural possession in order to accentuate the human absence of Manderley. The dreamer states that "nature came into her own again", sexualizing nature calling it a "her" foreshadows Rebecca’s character & the fact it has happened 'again' suggests the power she holds over the manner. The adjectives "stealthy, insidious" &" ‘tenacious’ foreshadow how sly Rebecca is, her mere presence is powerful even after death, which creates a sense of gothic imagery. Plants were “marching in unison with the ivy,” just like the way nature has taken over Manderley, so has Rebb...

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...s such as "thrust" have sexual undertones to contrast Rebecca's and the Narrator nature. The way nature has been described is in a very sexual way, personification of nature becoming violent and harsh connotes something bad like burning of Manderley in the closing chapter,the ending of the chapter creates an echo , ideas of fading and symbolising freedom as all negativity has been destroyed. Manderley is no longer “a jewel in the hollow of a hand,” but now a possession of nature, empty of its previous humanity, suggesting that its Rebecca’s presence as nature. The enevatable was either Manderley or their relationship being destroyed. the end of the novel has a calm tone which suggests a sense of relief as Rebeccas has no significance in their life. she vows to never tell tell anyone of the dream not even Maxim as it'll resurrect Rebecca's hold on Maxim once more.