This was the most psycho
text we had to go through during our second semester in BBA. As I read the
text, I was like… (Oh Damn, I forgot what I thought about it back then.)
The Death of the Moth
-Virginia
Woolf
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The essay is an
autobiographical text. Woolf is the narrator herself.
The “Death of the moth”
explains the brief life of a moth corresponding with the true nature of life
and death. In this essay, Woolf puts the moth in a role that represents life.
She makes comparisons of the life outside to the life of the moth. The theme is
the mystery of death and correspondence of the life of the moth with the true
nature of life. The images created by Woolf are presented that appeal to the
eye. The image makes the reader more interested. The essence of true life is
energy.
The thread of the vital
light represents energy.
Woolf employs several
stylistic devices that make the essay more interesting to the reader. The
changing in tone, lengthy sentence structure, and personification are the three
devices that are significant in this essay.
The human qualities
explained by the author better explain the life and death of a moth.
Even though it was a tiny
moth, that most would assume insignificant, it showed several things through
its efforts until it was knocked down by death. But no matter what, according
to the symbolism of the moth, people have to keep trying, brush themselves off
and try again, even when the accomplishment is far from happening. If a person
is meant to die at a certain point, he will. But that is no reason not to
strive for success, no matter what the situation may be. Woolf’s essay not only
shows imagery, but a great deal of symbolism through the moth and moth’s
situation.
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