Death

Death In Virginia Woolf’s essay “ The Death of the Moth,” she is suggesting no matter how much energy one has now they will eventually die. I feel this essay works because of the reality of her words. Her point is well stated in the symbolism that she chooses to use. In explaining her essay she uses the moth as a symbol for life, she also uses the window as life and then death, next she uses energy to symbol the change from child to adult. Throughout the essay Woolf is explaining the moth standing for life. When she firsts sees the moth all she can think about is how life is so simple and energetic. Woolf wonders if while this moth is flying around the window trying to find a way to escape, it is in someway a little pathetic and lifeless. Woof states, “ He was little or nothing but life” (Woolf 771). This explains why she is so intrigued by the acts the moth is doing at the moment. Woolf used the window the moth is trapped in as a symbol for life and then it turns to death. This is because while the moth is wondering moth, woolf, death, life, energy, essay, because, window, symbol, about, way, just, while, thinks, think, simple, sees, say, one, little, great, goes, full, explains, explaining, dying, die, dancing, child, change, after, adult, writing, works