REBECCA by Daphne Du Maurier // Rebecca casts a shadow over life at Manderley. Her lingering presence plagues the woman who fills her shoes, and so the story becomes a tale of self-actualisation against the backdrop of a revered and haunting memory. Here, the two women meet, one a memory but strong and alive with nerve, the other alive but ready to bow down to the ghost. Amongst the sea and rhododendrons, I hope to have drawn the sentence “Rebecca, always Rebecca. I should never be rid of Rebecca”.