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The Second Mrs. de Winter

I'm not the sort of woman men marry.

— Rebecca

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker places herself outside the category of women she believes men choose to marry. The statement presents that exclusion as a settled pattern, rather than a single rejection. It can sound resigned, but the judgement concerns how men choose partners, not an established measure of her worth.

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