It is well known that death is inevitable and unescapable to all forms of life. In Virginia Woolf’s, “The Death of the Moth ,” Woolf utilizes metaphors, powerful imagery, and tonal shifts to explain the struggle between life and death as a battle, that in the end, is never won. The uses of these rhetorical devices depict the intense power that death has over life. The tonal shifts throughout the piece strengthen the idea of an all powerful death.
Woolf’s final words, “death is stronger than I am,” reveals the main idea of her narrative. Throughout the narrative, she constructs her argument, including the emotional connection that the reader builds up that eventually terminates due to death. The piece starts off with an ordinary, “pleasant
Woolf’s final words, “death is stronger than I am,” reveals the main idea of her narrative. Throughout the narrative, she constructs her argument, including the emotional connection that the reader builds up that eventually terminates due to death. The piece starts off with an ordinary, “pleasant