Subverting the Patriarchy and its Ties to Feminism: Du Maurier and her Adaptations

This paper describes the common (mis)reading of Daphne Du Maurier\u27s Rebecca as upholding Victorian patriarchal values and attempts to demonstrate that the novel is indeed feminist and acts as a critique and subversion of those patriarchal standards; it then examines the film and stage adaptations of Rebecca, demonstrating via comparison to the original medium that feminism has begun to affect other cultural interpretations and depictions of the narrator, Mrs. Danvers, and Rebecca herself