Why Did Maxim Kill Rebecca?
Maxim Killed Rebecca After She Told Him That She Was Carrying Her Lover's Child, That He Would Have to Raise as His Own. .. . Danvers Was Rebecca's Family Maid...
Maxim killed Rebecca after she told him that she was carrying her lover's child, that he would have to raise as his own. ... Danvers was Rebecca's family maid when she was a child and has lived with her for years. She is unhealthily obsessed with Rebecca and preserving Rebecca's memory.
Why did Maxim not divorce Rebecca?
So, in a nutshell, he felt unable to divorce her because he didn't want everyone knowing he had a sexual problem and that his wife went with other men.
What happened to Maxim at the end of Rebecca?
The movie ends with Maxim and the second Mrs de Winter carrying on with their lives. They settle down in Cairo. It was Maxim who had killed his wife. He shot her in a fit of rage after she told him that she had conceived a child out of wedlock.