Examples Of Existentialism In Virginia Woolf's Death Of A Moth

The knowledge I have on existentialism, is 20th century philosophy, which is the analysis of existence and the real meaning of humans existing in the world. However; when I have thoughts about existentialism, I come across my philosophy, when life comes upon struggle, why do people keep pushing and not just give up. To me, struggle is motivation to never giving up. Everyone has a different feel for pushing through struggles. In Woolf’s poem, “Death of a Moth”, she emphasizes the true meaning of life, and living in the moment is important, even though “death is stronger than I am” because no matter how fantastic, or long life is, death is always the end result. However; life should not be wasted, like in the poem, the moth lived his life to the absolute fullest, in …show more content…
In Shakespeare’s, “To Be Or Not To Be”, the message message relates to my philosophy because choices are involved, however “losing the name of action” made Hamlet lose the motivation to kill himself and eventually live another day. Therefore, “doing what you can” with the final moments of life are very important, just like the moth did in Woolf’s poem, “Death of a Moth”. The little moth flew all around the all the corners, vigorously, and exerting all the energy just to live, knowing the time left to live was miniscule. Whether, you enjoy life or not, nobody should waste life. In life, everyone has a choice to make on how the rest of the one’s life will pan out. Everyone gets knocked down, for example Angelou’s poem, “Still I Rise”, she reveals how people have the ability to overcome anything with self-esteem. Even if people “trod you in the dirt”, the way Angelou kept rising, and not letting anyone step all over her life is how my philosophy relates because the only way of having a successful life, if people put past the negatives, and look for more positives due to the options each person has in the