Similar to a painter, Woolf illustrates the universal connection surrounding the struggle of inevitable death. As Woolf reads on her window sill, she begins to find herself entangled around the thought of death. Woolf’s view on this struggling moths attempt at survival is taken and inverted into deaths great power. From an outsider’s perspective, all we see is a moth’s desperate attempt at survival but Woolf believes it has a deeper meaning. From the rooks to the horses, deaths power can defeat anything in its way leading to the triumphant death of the moth. Virginia Woolf in “The Death of the Moth” paints a picture through the moth’s inevitable defeat, sketching the circle of life to illustrate death’s great power.
Like a painter Woolf describes the moth through detailed imagery and strong word choice to emphasize deaths toll on such a small, incapable animal. Through Woolf’s descriptions as being “a pleasant morning, mid-September, mild” (Woolf 57) represents peacefulness rather than the overarching tone represented by death’s dark picture. When gazing out to the plains beyond …show more content…
Woolf is able to connect “the extraordinary efforts” (Woolf 58) in this case watching natures intended beauty to sudden death. Correlating to the acceptance from each individual to grasp the idea that death can come at any moment in order to understand death’s powerful path. Woolf uses the window sill as a threshold – from the correlation of life outside to mortality trapped inside - emphasizing deaths plan to defeat individuals plans at a successful life. Brushing death as a peaceful experience from the moth and Woolf resembles the overall manner in which death presents itself. A beautiful yet sorrowful moment, death symbolizes the tranquility of a never ending cycle that presents itself in many different
Like a painter Woolf describes the moth through detailed imagery and strong word choice to emphasize deaths toll on such a small, incapable animal. Through Woolf’s descriptions as being “a pleasant morning, mid-September, mild” (Woolf 57) represents peacefulness rather than the overarching tone represented by death’s dark picture. When gazing out to the plains beyond …show more content…
Woolf is able to connect “the extraordinary efforts” (Woolf 58) in this case watching natures intended beauty to sudden death. Correlating to the acceptance from each individual to grasp the idea that death can come at any moment in order to understand death’s powerful path. Woolf uses the window sill as a threshold – from the correlation of life outside to mortality trapped inside - emphasizing deaths plan to defeat individuals plans at a successful life. Brushing death as a peaceful experience from the moth and Woolf resembles the overall manner in which death presents itself. A beautiful yet sorrowful moment, death symbolizes the tranquility of a never ending cycle that presents itself in many different