Rebecca Street

Rebecca Street was named after one of the heroines in Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott. Rebecca is the exotic jewess. She is the daughter of Issac the Jew, and through the novel she falls in love with Wilfred of Ivanhoe while she nurses him to health.

Rebecca is head strong and wild, an obvious opposing force to the Lady Rowena. She is known for her beauty and is doted upon by many of the men in the novel, even against their beliefs.

The most memorable scene of Rebecca is when she threatens to throw herself out of the tower at the Castle of Torquilstane, when Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert comes to her.

There are not many connections between Rebecca Street and the other streets. But one does lie between Rowena Street and Rebecca Street. Rowena and Rebecca both have feelings for Wilfred of Ivanhoe, which puts them at odds. These opposing forces were put on adjacent roads because of this creating a literary connection between their placements.

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