First and foremost, I would like to give kudos to how Woolf was able to describe one of the most mundane and trivial subjects in rich detail. She conveyed everything so vividly that readers would be certain that they were seeing what Woolf, herself, sees.
The title itself sums up everything that one needs to know about this narrative essay. Death of a Moth is a tale explaining how death caught up to the helpless insect, who against all odds, continued to fight to live until the last second of its life.
Reading between the essays’ creatively detailed sentences, one could see that Woolf puts the moth in a role that represents life (and death). She creates a perfect analogy, saying that animals and humans, in a way, are alike. Just like how the moth struggled to cross the windowpane even if it was clearly weak, we have the same notion to follow what we believe in and to never let anything or anyone get in the way of achieving our own dreams and aspirations. With the given time that we have in Earth, we all try to make a name for ourselves and wish that we can, someday, leave a legacy of our own.
This essay in some ways is timeless because again, it depicts all of humanity and its struggles in life, and then inevitable death. Also, it conveys the message of the importance of life and of survival.
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