Death Of The Moth Analysis
Throughout the existence of mankind, there has been a constant struggle between life and death. Death is unavoidable, however people try to fight it until their last breath. In Virginia Woolf’s “The Death of the Moth”, she explains how feeble yet respectable it is to fight against death. In the story Woolf describes a moth’s struggle with death on a September day. At the end of the story the moth finally concedes and accepts his demise, however, not until he has righted himself in to an upright position. She uses the moth as a symbol to represent man and his struggle with death. Woolf uses seasonal imagery and personification to convey the theme that even though death is inevitable and pathetic to fight against, that fighting is noble and allows
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When Woolf describes the moth and his struggle she mostly used pronouns like he and him. When using these pronouns it allows the reader to think of the moth as a human being struggling and it allows the reader to understand and share the moth’s struggle at that point. It also makes make the reader forget that Woolf is talking about a moth and not a human being. It is almost as if she herself thinks of the moth as a human being. In the final paragraph of her narrative story Woolf describes, “The moth having righted himself now lay most decently and uncomplainingly composed. O yes, he seemed to say, death is stronger than I am.” (58). In this quote, Woolf uses the pronouns himself and he to describe the moth after his struggle. She describes how the moth is composed, a human quality, after his fight with death and that allows the reader to understand what the moth went through and how the reader can be proud of the moth for having a small victory before his death. In the second sentence she also describes the moth in a human way that allows the reader to identify with the him. She depicts a dead moth, saying he fought as hard as he could against death and that even though he did have some small victories against death that in the end death was stronger than him. She saying he fought a excellent battle even
When Woolf describes the moth and his struggle she mostly used pronouns like he and him. When using these pronouns it allows the reader to think of the moth as a human being struggling and it allows the reader to understand and share the moth’s struggle at that point. It also makes make the reader forget that Woolf is talking about a moth and not a human being. It is almost as if she herself thinks of the moth as a human being. In the final paragraph of her narrative story Woolf describes, “The moth having righted himself now lay most decently and uncomplainingly composed. O yes, he seemed to say, death is stronger than I am.” (58). In this quote, Woolf uses the pronouns himself and he to describe the moth after his struggle. She describes how the moth is composed, a human quality, after his fight with death and that allows the reader to understand what the moth went through and how the reader can be proud of the moth for having a small victory before his death. In the second sentence she also describes the moth in a human way that allows the reader to identify with the him. She depicts a dead moth, saying he fought as hard as he could against death and that even though he did have some small victories against death that in the end death was stronger than him. She saying he fought a excellent battle even