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The Death of the Moth

Virginia Woolf

 

As individual beings, we all have a significant role in this world. Even the tiniest creature crawling around plays a role in our lives. The death of a moth, would probably not be a big deal to people, but the author Virginia Woolf is completely taken by the idea. The subject is the moths fight for freedom. It is trying to get passed the glass window, into the beautiful nature calling out to it. The occasion is Virginia Woolf observing this creature struggling to break passed a barrier. Her emotions elevate to different degrees throughout the story, from beauty and splendor to darkness and sullen. The author is not particularly reaching out to a specific audience because it is not directed at someone. This gives the author the opportunity to grab readers on a broader spectrum. The purpose that Virginia Woolf is trying to capture is to show people the struggles that we face throughout our lives. It may not be the same as the moth, but in some way, we as humans are like the moth. We see and know what we hope and want for but it is up to us to try and get to it some day. The author may not have directly put this in words, but after looking at the connotations and analyzing, there is a deeper meaning. The speaker of this story is simply, Virginia Woolf. The tone that she is using throughout the story completely changes from one end to the other. As the story quickly switches from pleasant to gloomy, the tone, along with the emotion of the reader is affected at a great scale. SOAPS-T completely changes a story and helps analyze any piece of literature, one minimal idea at a time.