Nathaniel, that’s a clever and unique contrast on Rebecca’s death. Indeed the film lessens the Gothic appeal of Rebecca’s death by portraying her tripping. Perhaps Hitchcock deliberately presented her death as such to highlight themes of female subjectivity to a child-like or naive audience who would not have understood the significance of the…[Read more]
In reply to - Nathaniel Davis wrote a new post, Still Standing, on the site English 120: The Gothic Imagination As I have mentioned in class, Rebecca’s accidental death strips her of undisputed victory. While there was no r […]↧