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The paper asserts that the novel "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier provides an interesting lens onto currently debated issues, such as discrimination, responsibility, euthanasia, and women's rights. The paper discusses how the role of women in a patriarchal society is given particular attention in the context of this novel, showing one of the ways in which women subordinate themselves to men to such a degree that they may not recognize the degree to which they are trying to be something they are not just to please the male and to fit into the social order. The paper highlights how in a British novel such as "Rebecca", this issue is also tied to questions of social class and position, seen with a protagonist haunted by a woman she believes to have been her superior in every way, a woman of better breeding and more independent spirit, yet a women whose true nature is quite different from what the protagonist believes.

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"The novel "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier provides an interesting lens onto currently debated issues, such as discrimination, responsibility, euthanasia, and women`s rights. The role of women in a patriarchal society is given particular attention in the context of this novel, showing one of the ways in which women subordinate themselves to men to such a degree that they may not recognize the degree to which they are trying to be something they are not just to please the male and to fit into the social order. In a British novel such as "Rebecca", this issue is also tied to questions of social class and position, seen especially in "Rebecca" with a protagonist haunted by a woman she believes to have been her superior in..."

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