"The Death of the Moth" is a short essay by Virginia Woolf. It was originally published in the collection The Death of the Moth and Other Essays in 1942, one year after Woolf's death. In the essay, Woolf describes the experience of watching a moth struggle to stay alive on her window. The essay explores how humanity is characterized by a constant fight against death and how large truths can be learned from observing small and mundane parts of life.
"O yes, he seemed to say, death is much stronger than I am." In this short story by Virginia Woolf we are led to feel the thrill of life but also the overpowering forcefulness of death, which even we...
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