Death Of The Moth Analysis

The book “Death of the Moth” was written by Virginia Woolf. There is one important thing argued in the book, that is life is nothing when faced with death. I believe the same reasons, why she wrote this book, could be part of the reasons,why she committed suicide. As the book goes on you see hints of this and her writing change. At the start of the story, the narrator sees this is a moth. This moth is the whole base of the story. Most people think of moths as insect, not worth their time because they are insignificant. This is exactly what the narrator at the start of the story though. I think the narrator noticed the moth this because of how it contrasts everything. She viewed the moth as “a tiny bead of pure life”. One of the reasons she could have said this is because the moth doesn’t think of anything but living. His whole existence is to live, it doesn’t matter what he is or looks like to the rest of the world or to himself. He is the purest form of life that is. Once she realized this, she realized this creature is like everything else but in its purest form. Whatever can happen to this moth can happen to her, the horses in the field or the birds in the tree.

She figured out why this moth must be flying in the daytime unlike the rest of his kind. This had to be because he was dying. Once she realized that the moth is dying it becomes this battle between life and death. She could have interpreted the moth’s fight with death in many ways. She observed the moth and realized there was nothing she should do. This is backed up by, “death is stronger than I am,” at the end of the story. She was going to help the moth, but once she realized how futile her efforts were she stopped. Once she saw the moth die, she knew the same things would happen to her and everything else. She was amazed by the power of death and describes it as, “a power of such magnitude,” to further push the