Rebecca, the dark classic written by Daphne DuMaurier, is filled with deceit and manipulation stemming from every character. It features many different forms of deception which effectively produces a brilliant story about the dangers of falsity. Through an unreliable narrator, Maxim’s lies, and Rebecca’s manipulation, Daphne du Maurier sets up a story focused around the theme of how significant acts of deception, in any form, end in nothing but despair.

Although the story is shown through her point of view the readers know very little about the narrator. Her name is not spoken at all in the novel, as she is always referred to as a simple “Mrs. De Winter”, and much of her internal dialogue is focused more on other people as opposed to herself.