said, “Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.” In “Death of the Moth” an essay, by Virginia Woolf (1941), Woolf explains the struggle between life and death. The idea that life and death is a flounder is evident through Woolf’s abstract diction, ominous tone, and underlying metaphors expressed throughout the essay. As the narrator in Woolf’s writing observes the moth, she sees the creature as a metaphor for life. The narrator describes the moth as it moves from
When it comes to living life, there is often that though inside one’s mind about the end of life, about death. In Virginia Woolf's “The Death of the Moth,” she explores the life and death continuum while drawing her readers into her own realizations of them using a moth as a tangible subject. Woolf utilizes her levels of language to manipulate her audience to take on the role of what her tone is suggesting and leads them to her ultimate conclusion through sympathetic pathos, juxtaposed diction, bookending
“Death is stronger than I am”: the Inevitable End as Depicted in Virginia Woolf’s “The Death of the Moth” Virginia Woolf’s non-fiction work “The Death of the Moth” is written with a deeper meaning than one would assume from simply glancing at the title. Woolf successfully creates a sense of intimacy with all her readers with her choice of words and perspective. The speaker’s mild curiosity towards the moth is the main occurrence in this story. One can see beyond the ordinary and make profound connections