Saturday, November 14, 2009

Rebecca by daphne du maurier?

were doing a discussion on this book tomorrow and i need to have 10 questions about the setting to start a discussion. can you please help!! ill give points and everything!!!

Rebecca by daphne du maurier?
Start with why doesn't the author ever give the second Mrs. De Winter a name?





Then - why does Mrs. Danvers instantly hate her?





What did Rebecca have that the second Mrs. De Winter lacks?





That should get you started.





Pax - C
Reply:let's see, you could start by asking what the setting is!





of course, you'd have to answer this question yourself to be able to continue to ask questions.





so ... what is the setting? here's a hint: it's in the first sentence of the book. well, there are two physical settings, what are they? hey, there's your second question!





keep in mind that setting isn't just place, but also time. so in your first question, you're asking: where does this take place, and WHEN does this take place?





so ask yourself why the setting is important to your story. hey, question number three!





for the other seven questions, you're going to have to think about what the setting is, why there are two places in the story, why the author chose those two places, what the time period is, and why all of these things are important to the story.





then, start asking more and more specific questions about the answers you yourself come up with.





good luck!
Reply:You could ask how the setting affects the character and her feelings/actions. Does the setting alienate her, and therefore affect her perceptions or assumptions about her husband?

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