Name of the second mrs de winter in Rebecca?

Answer 1

The second Mrs. de Winter is never named throughout Rebecca. She is the narrator, and thus refers to herself by first-person pronouns, and others call her by her married name or by pronouns.

The author's lack of a name for this character seems to emphasize her quiet, mousy personality in the face of the outgoing Rebecca. The entire book, and the de Winters' entire life, is about Rebecca despite the fact that Rebecca is deceased and the second Mrs. de Winter is alive. Thus, the lack of a name furthers the marginalization of the second wife's character and brings out the importance of Rebecca in the household.