How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"I nearly killed her then," he said. "It would have been so easy. One false step, one slip. You remember the precipice. I frightened you, didn't I? You thought I was mad. Perhaps I was. Perhaps I am." (20.38)
Maxim judges Rebecca extremely harshly for whatever it is she confesses to having done. He judges her so harshly that he wants to kill her starting on the fifth day of their marriage. No surprise that he finally gives in to his urge.
Quote #5
"She turned round and faced me, smiling, one hand in her pocket, the other holding her cigarette. When I killed her she was smiling still. I fired at her heart. The bullet passed right through. She did not fall at once. She stood there, looking at me, that slow smile on her face, her eyes wide open..." (20.80)
What judgments is Rebecca making about Maxim as she's dying?
Quote #6
"Those holes weren't there when the boat left my yard. I was proud of my work and so was Mrs. de Winter. It's my opinion, sir, that the boat never capsized at all. She was deliberately scuttled." (22.95)
Tabb the boatman's judgment nearly gives Mrs. de Winter a heart attack. Somehow, though, the coroner finds it easier to visualize Rebecca sinking her own boat with herself inside it than to visualize Maxim killing her and sinking the boat with her in it. Why?