This powerful confession describes a profound, almost complete identification with another person, suggesting that their very essence feels more 'you' than your own. It speaks to an ultimate spiritual and emotional fusion where individual identities merge into a shared, indivisible being, defying separation.
Quote by Emily Brontë: “He was more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
He was more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
Insight
Historical Context
In a time when individualism was gaining prominence, Brontë depicted an extreme, almost mystical union of souls that transcended conventional understanding of self.
About the Author
English novelist and poet whose only novel, Wuthering Heights, published in 1847, is one of the great works of Romantic literature. She spent most of her short life on the Yorkshire moors, and her poetry was equally remarkable for its visionary intensity.
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