Death of the Moth

In Virginia Woolf's "Death of a Moth", she is describing distinctive details between life and death. She goes into so much detail about life and explaining an every day typical moth. Then the story turns and it explains how the moth is actually trying to escape into the outside world and everything is not as perfect as it seems. The moth is dancing, fluttering, moving and trying to escape, but ends up being stiff. I think this story is interesting because it turns such a small moment about a tiny creature into a huge moment in Woolf's life. She is comparing the struggles to the same struggles with the moth. Woolf believes that death is more powerful than life and in the end of the story, both Woolf and the moth are struggling for this fight.

Erin Duff