... with loss and grief from a young age – Bronte herself grew up in a motherless household and lost her two eldest sisters to sickness – her portrayal is somewhat unconventional in the spectrum of ways in which her characters internalize grief, but is nonetheless reflective of our own unspoken curiosities of death as well as life thereafter. Throughout ... by motherhood, and that Cathy I's original identity will fade with time, being remembered as a mother rather than an individual – the theme of motherless children also being a prominent theme throughout the novel. Comparatively, th...

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