The Death of the Moth, by Virginia Woolf

The struggle against death may be spectacular, but that is ultimately sad and not important. Rock from the cliff Just like the unstable slope, a person can display an ardent desire to survive, but in the face of imminent obstacles against life's emptiness and fish, this desire It is a bad effort. Virginia Woolf of "Moth Death" strives to overcome difficulties at all times, but it breaks access to barriers and the outside world, that is, this desperate situation that can not be solved It is described in.

Virginia Woolf's "Death of a Moth" The mortality of Virginia Woolf moth explains the short life of a moth corresponding to the true nature of life and death. In this article, Woolf places moths to play a role in life. Wolf compares the life of the outside with the life of the moth. The theme is the correspondence between the mystery of death and the essence of moth 's life and life. The image created by Wolf is an eye-catching one. For example, the body of a moth gathers attention during death.

Virginia Woolf's article "Death of a Moth" explains the encounter with a moth because it ran fiercely from her glazing before the death was announced. When they fight against moths they observe enthusiastically, the first instinct of the speaker is to support it, but when the speakers do, they think that the moth faces all creatures and equals I realized that it is an unavoidable struggle to prevent their lives from robbing them. At the witness of the death of the moth, the speaker needs to think about the philosophical meaning of the cycle of life and death. The speaker recognizes omnipotent death, but concludes that the perpetuity of death is the essential force needed for life to have value and meaning. Since even the last moment can not suppress death, the way individuals survive and try to maintain their lives is more precious than secular and meaningless activities pursued with indifference.

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