As a young girl, she makes many friends at Miss Pinkerton's school. Amelia SedleyĪmelia is a good-natured person, and she is easy to like. As a final act of deceit, Rebecca manages to have Joseph sign an insurance policy of which she is the sole beneficiary, earning her half of what he owned before his death. While she is with Rawdon, she flirts with men of status in order to steal their money, and she tries her best to secure Aunt Matilda's estate by attending to her. She has an affair with George behind Amelia's back.
She finds Rawdon stupid, sees Sir Pitt only for his status and money, and hates George for his interference in her plan to marry Joseph.
It is clear that men fall at her feet, but she doesn't ever express genuine love for them. Sir Pitt, the local baronet, also falls for her. She also appeals to Rawdon Crawley, who ends up marrying her. She feigns attraction to Joseph Sedley because she understands the position and wealth a marriage with him would bring. For example, she insists on speaking French when she knows that no one understands her, and demands payment for tutoring her classmates.Īs soon as she is out of the school, her manipulations begin. Rebecca frustrates her classmates and instructors, acting superior to them all. She attends Miss Pinkerton's academy as an orphan alone in the world, and makes only one friend, Amelia, who is friends with everyone. The protagonist of the novel, Becky is a strong-willed young woman obsessed with status and wealth.
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