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“The Death of the Moth,” written by Virginia Woolf, explains the brief life of a moth corresponding with the true nature of life and death. In this essay, Woolf puts the moth in a role that represents life. Woolf makes comparisons of the life outside to the life of the moth. The theme is the mystery of death and the correspondence of the life of the moth with the true nature of life. The images …

…represents the moth as having human qualities. When the moth died everything stopped. For instance, there was stillness all around, the plough stopped, horses stood still, and workers stopped as well. The human qualities expressed by the author better explain the life and death of the moth. Life is full of freedom or nature, and humans forget what life is all about. If this absence is recognized then death is easier to face. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**