remains a haunting classic because it touches on universal fears: the loss of a parent's love and the vulnerability of childhood. It suggests that while trauma leaves indelible scars, the "flowers" that survive the attic do so through a fierce, albeit damaged, resilience.

The "paper flowers" the children create in the attic symbolize their fading vitality; they are beautiful but artificial, living in a world without real sun or growth. Scholieren.com Trauma and the Gothic Setting

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