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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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    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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    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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    In “The Death of the Moth”‚ Virginia Woolf uses elements such as the tone‚ sentence structure‚ and the use of motif to connect the theme as being the paradox of death and the coherence of the moth with the true essence of life. Woolf utilizes a moderate tone in explaining how the struggle of the moth is affected to the role of life. She uses this element to display her undertone theme by explaining that the moth has no hope from being isolated from the world by a window pane to express that the

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    at a Moth’s Death In her short essay “The Death of the Moth‚” English novelist and essaying Virginia Woolf transforms a prosaic experience into a deep philosophical meditation. Looking out the window of her rural home one day while reading‚ Woolf notices the exertions of a moth flitting inside the window. As she watches‚ the moth seems to lose its vital motivation‚ and eventually dies as the author watches. The sight motivated Woolf to write about how the moth’s struggle against death affected her

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    Olivia Rytelewski Mrs. Albuquerque AP Language and Composition In the essay‚ “The Death of the Moth‚” Virginia Woolf illustrates the universal struggle between life and death by comparing the two in one metaphor. She portrays the struggle of life in the face of death‚ and acknowledges it as both valiance and fruitlessness. The diction Woolf uses also helps convey her perspective on this topic. The varied sentence structures as well as other literary elements add to the piece‚ to make it more powerful

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    The Death of the Moth The Death of the Moth is the kind of essay that makes you step back and look at your life. It makes you reevaluate yourself. I find this essay quite intriguing; it goes from observing the moth to speculating the significance of the moth. The beginning is just an observation of the moth. The color‚ the wings‚ the size are all taken into account. Just like your everyday routine; when you look at your routine‚ that’s what it looks like‚ a routine. You go about your day

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