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Virginia Woolf

The Death of the Moth

Fiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 1942

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Essay Topics

1.

What is Virginia Woolf’s purpose in writing “The Death of the Moth?” Was the essay intended for an audience, herself, or both?

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What about Woolf’s history makes this essay so moving?

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Imagine that Woolf chose to refer to the moth as “she.” Does the story read differently? Do you feel differently about the moth’s life and death?