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    “The Death of a Moth” from the author Virginia Woolf and “Death of a Moth” by the author of Annie Dillard are distinct pieces of significances between two deaths of two moths. Deaths of two unidentical moths share a story of life‚ while one has no choice but to give up and end his life despite the fact that the other moth is an inspirational figure to life full-filled with energy and drive. To my understanding‚ Annie Dillard expresses herself using more of spiritual similes to show how death gives

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    The next reading was titled The Death of a Moth by Annie Dillard. To be honest this story did not capture my attention‚ and it was very difficult for me to distinguish the significance

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    Annie Dillard’s essay "The Death Of A Moth" made no sense to me when I initially read it‚ in a "sleep-deprived" state. In the haze my mind was in‚ during the battle with my body and my desire to read this essay‚ all I could make out was that; she berated the small cat about her short-term memory before kicking her out of the bed they shared. She then proceeded to the bathroom to consort with a spider whose attire reminded her of a day when she murdered a moth. She spoke about the carnage‚ her sharply

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    concepts discussed are largely extrapolations and enhancements of ideas she expressed. She got a B+ on her version; I got an A on mine :). Annie Dillard‚ the author of "Death of a Moth" and Virginia Woolf‚ the author of "The Death of the Moth" have different perspectives on the subject of life and death. Annie Dillard sees the value of life‚ especially in one’s death. Virginia Woolf‚ however‚ seems to perceive life as pointless and meaningless. It was merely a postponement of the inevitable to her. Each

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    Both Anne Dillard and Virginia Woolf describe the death of a moth in their respective essays to achieve dissimilar ends. Dillard hopes to capture the self sacrificial path of a writer; while Woolf simply wants to draw attention to the strength of an individual’s drive and the even stronger hand of death. Woolf’s description is more effective‚ for she is able to clearly make her point through the description; whereas Dillard’s description and argument are separate‚ and she must connect

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    about moths. This is actually the first time I have read essays about tiny creatures and have come across two famous writers that spend their time of the day observing and actually writing in detail about moths - the death of moths. Both essays are written by women‚ both seemingly nature loners and talk about the last few moments of the moths’ lives. Readers find Dillard’s essay slightly more violent death the female moth had‚ where as we don’t exactly find out what killed the male moth in Woolf’s

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    Kirstyn Harasyn Reflection to "The Death of a Moth" Number 4 A small little creature fluttering about a window pane does not have much in common with a living human being. But‚ Virginia Woolf observes this moth and discovers that she is not too different in the moths aspect to life. Although she starts off completely against the pitiful animal by the middle of her essay she unravels the similarities of their simple lives. At the center of this essay‚ the heart and soul of Woolf

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    On the Death of the Moth 胡逸凡Fanny 11321031 I’ve read about the Chinese version of the story in high school‚ and actually I didn’t understand what the author’s point is. After I learnt about Virginia Woolf’s life experience and got to know the writing background‚ I have a more profound understood of the story. The essay is divided into 5 paragraphs. The focus of the first paragraph is the natural environment. Firstly she talked a little about moths that fly by day and naturally led to the description

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    Woolf incorporates symbolism in her essay by describing the moth as life and energy. "So simple a form of the energy" and "taken a tiny bead of pure life and decking it as lightly as possible with down and feathers‚ had set it dancing and zig-zagging to show us the true nature of life" quoted from the essay. Another way she incorporates symbolism is by describing the months journey to death. Woolf also describes the scenery‚ the horses‚ and the farm itself. The month had traveled from one windowsill

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    Moths that fly by day are not properly to be called moths; they do not excite that pleasant sense of dark autumn nights and ivy-blossom which the commonest yel- low-underwing asleep in the shadow of the curtain never fails to rouse in us. They are hybrid creatures‚ neither gay like butterflies nor somber like their own species. Nevertheless the present specimen‚ with his narrow hay-colored wings‚ fringed with a tassel of the same color‚ seemed to be content with life. It was a pleasant morning‚ mid-September

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