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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Shooting an Elephant Sarig T. Cohen George Orwell is the author of “Shooting an Elephant”‚ a short story that uses the small incident of the murder of an elephant to portray the horrors of British Imperialism. Due to the fact that George Orwell writes a short story in the form of an essay‚ it contains a thesis‚ which is the argument about the nature of imperialism. The great thing about George Orwell’s essay is that the theme is represented throughout the plot and can be analyzed from any
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“Shooting an Elephant” In “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell is not liked by the Burmese people because he is the representation of their oppressors‚ the British. He gets his chance to be the hero when an elephant gets loose and causes destruction and the people need him to kill the beast. What would have happened if he didn’t shoot the elephant? Why Orwell feel so awful about killing the elephant? Orwell decides to kill the elephant‚ but does he do it for the right reason? In Orwell’s essay
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The desire for power can lead to the person’s physical death‚ as shown in Shakespeare’s Macbeth and it can also lead to the death of metaphorical aspects of the person‚ such as their humanity which is revealed in “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell. In “Shooting an Elephant” the greed of the empire leads to its own downfall as well as to the loss of its humanity. The loss of the British Empire’s humanity is shown
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Reaction to shooting an elephant This time tables are turned for Orwell. In A hanging Orwell was the oppressor but in shooting an elephant I felt that Orwell was oppressed by the Burmese people as he mentions that "In Moulmein‚ in lower Burma‚ I was hated by large numbers of people" and he emphasizes on that fact by adding "As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so" and was also oppressed by the empire as he was forced to do a job that he doesn’t
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phrase‚ “ An elephant never forgets.”‚ but elephants have a lot more special qualities according to Plotnik and Morell. While reading it is revealed elephants can have similar behaviors‚ although the authors have contrasting purposes for writing. The authors present elephants unique behaviors by explaining‚ they are intelligent‚ empathetic‚ and can understand cooperation. Although‚ Morell and Plotnik both provided information on elephant behavior‚ Morell showed compassion for elephant intelligence
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