As I’m sitting here in my kitchen trying to figure out what more to say about “Little Women,” it struck me that there really is nothing more to say about it.  But, I guess I’ll say that Beth did not die.  She gets reincarnated as Amy’s daughter who is sick just like her aunt was.   Where does the circle of life end and a new one begin?  Alcott is tapping into the resevoir of human experience that makes us see ourselves in successive generations.  This reflection of humanity proposes to stave off the inevitable act of dying.  Postponing death reaffirms living.  Maybe Alcott keeps Beth around because she calculates it ensures her immortality.