The Narrator Flashcards
Narrator describing herself
X3
‘Shy, uneasy colt’
‘My careless tone, my little ineffectual smile would have scarcely deceived a child’
‘I patted my hair in front of the looking-glass. My face was very white.’ - before colonel Julian and maxim come back home
Narrator at the Manderly ball
X2
‘“‘No’, I shouted impatiently, losing my head, ‘go away, go on down.”
“Im not a bride’, I said ‘I didn’t even have a proper wedding”
Narrator in the scene of Cupid
X1
‘I pictured the type of girl that would play the part. Tall and slim, rather nervy’
Narrator and Mrs Danvers when designing the dress
X1
‘I had turned quite cold all over at the sight of her, and at first I could not find my voice’
Whilst in Rebecca’s room describing herself and the room
X1
‘How white and thin my face looked in the glass, my hair hanging lank and straight. Did I always look like this? Surely I had more colour as a rule?’
talking about maxim
‘I did not want to be a child. I wanted to be his wife, his mother. I wanted to be old.’
‘I wished I had not known. I wished I had not been there to see.’
talking about the boat
‘I did not know what was happening. I could not see anything. It was hot, so very hot.’