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specifically in paragraph 2 but then overall as you "hear" her discuss the topic throughout the essay. Be specific in how you characterize her attitude (tone), and avoid using vague descriptors (good, bad, positive, negative, etc.). #2 - Woolf doesn't explicitly state a thesis for this essay; rather, she implicitly reveals her thesis. How would you state this main idea? Use textual evidence to support your claims.

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I absolutely agree with your observation that the moth's attempts on the window sill replicate daily tasks in a human life. I love how you draw comparisons between the moth and humans from something as simple as a window sill.

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The main point of the essay is how small a role we play in the world. Woolf writes of the moth and his being and "insignificant little creature," which leads me to believe that she wants the reader to see how pointless and unimportant the moth's life is. I believe she is using the moth as a metaphor for human life. It goes about its business, business that seems important to the moth, but it isn't important at all.

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Woolf's tone in the second paragraph seems to be pitying. She writes that "The possibilities of pleasure
seemed that morning so enormous and so various that to have only a moth’s part in life, and a day moth’s at
that, appeared a hard fate, and his zest in enjoying his meager opportunities to the full, pathetic," leading the reader to believe that she feels sorry for the moth and its lack of importance.

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I love how you brought up her resigned tone! I feel like as the moth gets closer to death, the speaker starts to care more for the moth, which I think fits in with the pitying attitude you mentioned.

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Well, that's a much more positive idea than most of the responses here. Although I agree with your sentiment, the last paragraph, with its dark message of death's inevitability, doesn't help your point. The main idea you gathered mostly comes from the second paragraph.

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I must agree with everything you said, although I didn't originally consider the struggle for control. What if the essay isn't just speaking about the inevitability of death, but even other things we have no control over? Maybe not only our own deaths, but also the eventual death of everyone else.

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#2- The main point of Woolf's essay appears to be that all creatures, regardless of how strong they might be, how important they are, will eventually succumb to death. She shows this by saying that the moth was "Little or nothing but life," accenting just how much energy the moth appeared to have. She says that "It was as if someone had taken a tiny bead of pure life and decking it as lightly as possible with down and feathers, had set it dancing and zig-zagging to show us the true nature of life." This demonstrates how, despite its tiny nature, the moth was similar to everything else simply because it had life. However, in the next few paragraphs, she describes the moth slowly dying, losing that energy. She states death could "Have submerged an entire city, not merely a city, but masses of human beings," and demonstrates how futile the moth's efforts are. This futility shows that even larger creatures, like us, cannot resist the eventual pull of eternal slumber.

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#1- In the second paragraph, I would best describe Woolf's tone as a combination of condescending and amazed. She seemed condescending due to the line "... and his zest in enjoying his meagre opportunities to the full, pathetic." This seems to portray a disconnected pity for the moth, a form of pity that doesn't come from sadness, but a feeling of superiority. However, she is also amazed, judging from the line "... It seemed as if a fibre, very thin but pure, of the enormous energy of the world had been thrust into his frail and diminutive body." This portrays a surprise at the sheer energy of the tiny moth. As the essay continues, the feeling of condescending superiority slowly disappears, replaced by an awe at the the creature. Near the end, she speaks of "This gigantic effort on the part of an insignificant little moth..." which shows just how amazed Woolf was at the effort put forth by the moth to attempt to stay alive. At this point, Woolf almost seems humble and reflective, realizing that she will eventually succumb to death as well, despite her superior position.

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I agree that the main idea is to show the reader why they should appreciate all of life, and not just certain aspects of it. The story can be a reminder of not counting your chickens before they have hatched.

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I think it's interesting how you pointed out that the author took something insignificant and small and made it bring a whole new meaning to the readers because i agree 100%.

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I agree with Jess that the thesis also is that many people struggle to over come their obstacles and they can seem impossible to over come before the call of death, just as the moth tried to escape and failed.

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#1 - The tone of The Death of the Moth in the second paragraph can be seen as curious in a way, when Woolf says, "Watching him, it seemed as if a fibre, very thin but pure, of the enormous energy of the world had been thrust into his frail and diminutive body." Woolf almost seems amazed, and wonderment can be heard in his tone. As the story progresses, the tone turns into pity as the author begins to question the moth's quality of life. As he ponders he begins to sympathize and understand how complex but at the same time simple a moths life can be.

#2 -  The thesis of The Death of a Moth is never stated but many can infer the main idea of the essay to be how a life of a human can model that of a moths. The essay reminds the reader how quickly life can be taken away from us, and how death is inevitable and while we may live long, prosperous lives, it's possible for said lives to be taken away from us as quickly as it did for the moth. It leaves the reader with a motivated attitude, to not let their own life end up like the moths.

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I agree with you on the fact that the tone could be observant. The speaker watches every move the moth makes, and feels pity for it.

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I agree with Sarah that a moths life is over looked as insignificant compared to humans lives but if you look closer one can see a moths battles are just as important to it as any persons battles are. A moths life is just as important just is on a different scale.

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I completely agree with you on the fact that Woolf uses sympathy in paragraph two. He uses his surroundings around him to convey how the moth is missing out on what the rooks get to do.

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2- The main idea of "The Death of the Moth", is comparing the life of a moth to the life of a human. Throughout the essay, the author makes several comparisons pertaining to how similar moths are to humans. When the moth fell off of the window sill, he tried repeatedly to arise from the ground but still continued to fall. "After a 7th attempt, he slipped from the wooden ledge and fell." This situation is easily comparable to a humans life in the way that we carry out our daily tasks. Although we occasionally fail, we continue to try again to redeem ourselves like the moth did.

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1-The attitude in the "Death of the Moth", is pity. The speaker pities the moth because all the moth can do is fly around the window pane. In many parts of the essay, the speaker implies feelings of pity for the moth. He quotes that with all of the, "possibility's of pleasure", all the moth was able to do was fly around a window pane. However, the author displays feelings of empathy towards the moth when it dies.

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#1 the tone in the second paragraph of Death of a Moth can be described as observant, the author is observing the Moths activities and contemplating why it is doing what it is doing, and thinking about what goes through its head. Woolf says, "He flew vigorously to one corner of his compartment, and, after waiting there a second, flew across to the other. What remained for him but to fly to a third corner and then to a fourth?" The author questions why the most of flying back and fourth. Towards the end of the essay the tone changes to one of a questioning and more negative tone, the Woolf starts to question the quality of the moths insignificant and short life. Woolf states, "The insignificant little creature now knew death. As I looked at the dead moth, this minute wayside triumph of so great a force over so mean an antagonist filled me with wonder."
#2 While the thesis isn't stated in the essay the reader can infer it from the passage. Woolf is commenting on how a humans life can be just as fleeting as a mere moths, and sometimes death comes abruptly, so one should live life to the fullest, like the moth " in spite of the size of the downs, the width of the sky, the far–off smoke of houses, and the romantic voice, now and then, of a steamer out at sea. What he could do he did. "

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#1 - The tone of The Death of the Moth in the second paragraph can be seen as curious in a way, when Woolf says, "Watching him, it seemed as if a fibre, very thin but pure, of the enormous energy of the world had been thrust into his frail and diminutive body." Woolf almost seems amazed, and wonderment can be heard in his tone. As the story progresses, the tone turns into pity as the author begins to question the moth's quality of life. As he ponders he begins to sympathize and understand how complex but at the same time simple a moths life can be.

#2 -  The thesis of The Death of a Moth is never stated but many can infer the main idea of the essay to be how a life of a human can model that of a moths. The essay reminds the reader how quickly life can be taken away from us, and how death is inevitable and while we may live long, prosperous lives, it's possible for said lives to be taken away from us as quickly as it did for the moth. It leaves the reader with a motivated attitude, to not let their own life end up like the moths.

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I agree with your perspective on the theme of the essay. The theme is embracing more than just the life of the moth in the essay and the speaker relates the theme to the human race as a whole and how everything on earth will eventually face death

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#2 - Woolf's main idea is to display the importance of cherishing all forms of life, their attributes, and not taking them for granted. Woolf writes, "the possibilities of pleasure seemed that morning so enormous and so various" to display the endless possibilities of daily life. Everyone has a chance to do something "marvelous" in life. This could be accomplished if individuals "saw life [as] a pure bead" and learned to "retain what no one else valued or desired to keep.

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#1 I agree that the tone is sympathetic toward the moth. I think Woolf recognized that she was luckier than the moth, that she could control her condition, though she also knew there would come a time when she would be the moth, undable to fight the "antagonist" of death.

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#2 While I agree the inevitability of death is a large theme in the essay, I think there is more to the main idea. I believe that the struggle and fight against death, the inevitable defeat, and any the desire of control over ones situation are all import to the essay.

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#1- I agree with your explanation of the speaker's attitude and tone towards the moth. The speaker seems entrapped in the movements and the short life of the moth as it is openly displayed in his compartment moments before he dies.

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#1 - Woolf's attitude in paragraph two of "The Death of the Moth" is solicitous towards the moth in the story. The moth "appeared [to have] a hard fate" for he only "flew vigorously to one corner... to the other... and then to a third corner and then to a fourth." Woolf feels concern for the moth and begins to watch it closely. Throughout the essay the speaker's attitude becomes empathetic toward the moth. She compares the life of a moth to that of a human's and emphasizes that life is taken for granted and "no one else valued or desired to keep" it. The moth lives only a short, simple life and is pitied.

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#2- The main idea in the essay is the fact that death is inevitable. The thesis is fully revealed in the last paragraphs as the speaker conveys the “futile attempts” for a little more time and the “useless” attempt to help the moth with the pencil. The speaker acknowledges the “unmistakable tokens of death” that the moth displays “on the window ledge in the sun.” The death the moth faces is inescapable and the speaker relates to the moth in realizing that although the difference in lives the end will always be death. The speaker found that “nothing… had any chance against death.”

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#1- The attitude the speaker has towards the topic is majestically indifferent. The speaker expresses the mediocrity of the day moth because “they do not excite” and they are “neither gay like butterflies nor somber like their own species.” The attitude is further expressed when the moth is in “his compartment” and all it can do is fly “vigorously to one corner” then the next corner. The tone becomes majestic when the speaker describes the “dancing and zig-zagging” and the “extraordinary efforts” the moth made in his last moments. The beauty of the dying moth is evident in the small details the speaker includes in the essay.

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#2 The struggle for control over one’s situation is a part of all living creatures, especially against the power of death. This is the main idea because the story is about a moth that is struggling to free itself from its position in the window. However, it is powerless to change its fate, and it eventually dies after fighting with all its might. The speaker connects the willpower of the moth to the energy of the other living things around her. As the moth struggles and is about to die, the speaker refers to death as a “mean… antagonist” that could “have submerged... masses of human beings” if it chose. Every living thing will eventually become powerless, and no living thing “[has] any chance against death.”

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#1 The speaker is sympathetic to the piteous small form of life that is the moth. The moth had no power over its circumstance, “all he could do, in spite of the size of the downs, the width of the sky, the far–off smoke of houses, and the romantic voice, now and then, of a steamer out at sea” was to fly back and forth, trapped. The speaker laments the moth’s circumstance, stating “one was, indeed, conscious of a queer feeling of pity for him.” The speaker is also engrossed in the plight of the moth; she found it “difficult to keep the eyes strictly turned upon the book.” The tone of the piece is the author’s attitude, fascinated and sympathetic.

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I agree that Woolf's tone was in some parts filled with pity but mostly she remained detached throughout the moth's death.

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I agree with your statement about how Woolf compares the moth to human society.

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I agree with all of your points on life and the textual evidence you provided furthers you view points. Its a nice way to get the point across.

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I agree with your belief of the thesis being life is to short. The moth is an accurate representation of how life should not be something to take for granted, but used as an opportunity to live it to the best of our abilities.

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I agree with you on the tone of the essay, especially about her tone towards the end regarding her sympathy towards the moth's death.

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While I agree with the tone of the second paragraph being pitiful, I don't agree with the moth being unimportant. I think that the moth becomes an important symbol to the speaker.

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I agree with your viewpoints on living life to the fullest and you provided good evidence to prove to others about your point.

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I think that your viewpoint in Woolf's main idea is very insightful and quite an interesting take on it. I never would have looked at it that way.

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I agree with your thoughts on the main idea; however, when the moth was fighting against death in its final moments, she was captivated more by its will to live rather than the fact that it could not avoid death.

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#2 The main idea of this essay is to live life to its fullest, even though death will still win in the end. The moth, in “the approach of death,” still fought for life in a “superb last protest.” Before the moth “knew death” it had little in life, yet was “zest[ing] in enjoying his meagre opportunities to the full.” Woolf makes the connection that we should also life life to the fullest, and if that “insignificant little moth” could do that, then we, ourselves, have to excuse not to.

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#1  The speaker in “The Death of the Moth” has a tone of captivation and sympathy, especially  in the second paragraph. She feels a sense of sorriness for the moth as flying back and forth “was all he could do, in spite of” all the things he was ignorant of, all the things in the world much bigger than himself. The speaker is captivated by this ”insignificant creature” because of what she sees within him as she watches the “very thin but pure” amount of “enormous energy” that “had been thrust into his frail and diminutive body.” “The same energy that which inspired” the very things that the moth was oblivious to. She continues to sympathize for and pity the the moth because of “his simple activities” all the way until his ultimate defeat against death itself, all the while being filled “with wonder” at the “extraordinary efforts” made by the moth.

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#2 I think Woolf's main idea was the meaning of living and dying. Living day-to-day life until death traps you. Death is unexpected and any attempt against it is "pathetic." Life and death are as different as night and day, but death is undefeated.

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#1 - I agree with the later half of your entry but do not think cynical is the right word for the former. perhaps the realization of mortality. (for my lack of better wording)

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#1 The tone used in the second paragraph is tenderhearted. Woolf watches the trapped moth suffer a "hard fate" knowing she can not help it. The tone becomes more thoughtful when she can relate to the moth and realizes that death is inevitable and that nothing has a "chance against death."

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#2 - While I saw a different viewpoint, I like that you were able to see a less horrific manner in which the same story could be seen.

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I agree with you on the speaker feeling pity for the moth in the 2nd paragraph. The speaker feels bad for the moth because he really has no purpose in life's

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#2 - Woolf's main idea is simply the depressing thought that death is inevitable. " Nothing, I knew, had any chance against death" nor did it ever, yet still the moth struggles and "after a pause of exhaustion the legs fluttered again."

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I agree with your main theme. The other does use the moth to show how fragile life's is and how you shouldn't take anything for granted

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#1- The attitude of the 2nd paragraph is pity. Wolfe sees that the moth can't fly that far and feels sorry for it. She also describes the moth as "pathetic" as he flys around and runs into things.

#2- I believe the thesis of "Death of a Moth" is life is to short. The moth symbolizes life and how it's to short and you can't really take anything for granted

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#1 - It seems apparent that in paragraph 2 Woolf expresses a pathetic tone. She writes that "only a moth’s part in life, and a day moth’s at

that, appeared a hard fate" further enforcing the  pitiful tone of the 2nd paragraph. The rest of the paragraph; however, reverberates with mystery and marvel. The moth "driv[es] its way through so many narrow and intricate corridors in my own brain and in those of other human

beings"  and returns to pity later when, "as I stretched out a pencil, meaning to help him to right himself, it came

over me that the failure and awkwardness were the approach of death. I laid the pencil down again."

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#2 - I agree that people often take life for granted and do not fulfill their potential. The author relates our lito that of a moths, explaining that death is certain and cannot be surpassed.

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#1 - I agree that the speaker feels pity for the moth before observing its final moments. The speaker then feels sympathetic, for the moth lives only a short and simple life.

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I agree with what you have to say on the matter and you explained it very well, you used textual evidence that helped prove your thoughts on the essay.

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Your take on how the speaker is very watchful and sympathetic towards the moth coincides with my statement of how she becomes enthralled with the creature very well.  Woolf's thoughtful nature helps to paint a clear picture of how she constantly feels about life all while using the moth as a metaphor

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#2 I agree with your viewpoint on how strange living and dying is.  It is unavoidable, but never reveals its change from one to the other.  The moth is a metaphor for how something strange such as life and death can leave such a big impact on the choices we make.

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I agree with the main idea as well as your evidence that you used to complete the statement.

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#1- I agree with the you on how the author feels pity towards the moth. Woolf calls the moth "pathetic" and has a "queer feeling of pity for him."

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#2- I agree with your main idea statement. The moth pushed itself to live, but "now knew death." People push themselves to achive a task, but sometimes fail.

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#1-The second paragraph has the attitude of being sorrowful or pitiful. Woolf explains how the moth is, "little or nothing but life" which gives the reader a feeling that the bug isn't really anything important. And how the moth's " meagre opportunities to the full.." is "pathetic." Which means in the shorthand means his opportunities in his life are lacking qualities.
#2- The main idea in "The Death of a Moth" is that nothing can change the course of when death is suppose to happen. The moth tries so hard to get back up and not die, but that's just how life is. Woolf uses the details like, "the extraordinary efforts made by those tiny legs against an oncoming doom.." saying that the moth is trying to avoid death. But it just can't, " The insignificant little creature now knew death.." even though it tried so hard it still dies. Which is why when death is gonna happen, nothing will stop it.

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I agree all the way on how the main idea is that any life is important. I love the textual evidence you used to back up your belief of the main idea

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I agree on the main idea with you. Death is meant to happen at a certain time, no living thing can out live death.

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#2- The main theme of “The Death of a Moth” is to find meaning and purpose in life whatever it may be.  The author uses a moth as a metaphor for how frail life is and how easily it can be taken away even writing, “As I looked at the dead moth, this minute wayside triumph of so great a force over so mean an antagonist filled me with wonder”.  In order to convince the reader to believe her she illustrates her own regrets using the moth as a vicarious example for her hopes.  Meaning can be found in many different places and Woolf does not judge which and how it’s found; however, her fear of death and its suddenness is the main point she wishes to express in her writing.

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#1-  Within Woolf’s second paragraph her attitude appears to be sympathetic towards the moth.  She seems to almost feel sorry for the simplicity of its life, especially because she knows it will eventually die.  The moth becomes one of the most important things in her life, even if it is just for a few moments, it entices her attention even professing,” One could not help watching him. One was, indeed, conscious of a queer feeling of pity for him.” She expresses pity for it and it’s insignificance in her and everybody else’s life.  This flows almost perfectly into her overall regretful attitude in the essay.  Her compunction for the moth grows more and more as she realizes that she is the moth she is watching helplessly moving around without a real purpose.  All those feelings of pity she had for the moth before she is now connecting as pity for how insignificant she is.   Woolf finds out that she is moth and regrets not just not figuring it out sooner, but still not doing anything about it once she does.

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#2- The main idea in this story is the fact that death defeats life. The moth struggled to survive after flying around. The moth attempted to "resume his dancing, but seemed either so stiff or so awkward that he could only flutter to the bottom of the window-pane." Eventually, the moth "slipped from the wooden ledge and fell, fluttering his wings, on to his back on the window sill. A while later "the body relaxed, and instantly grew stiff." This story ends with Woolf visioning the moth saying, "death is stronger than I am."

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I agree that the main idea was exploring the concept of life and death. "Nothing" has a chance of beating death, and that is a certainty in life.

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I agree with the overall tone being "commiserate" throughout the second paragraph. Woolf sees the moth struggling, and describes it as, "What he could do he did." She realized that she couldn't do anything to help, and that is what made her have sympathy toward the moth.

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#2- Woolf uses a moth as a way to look at life. The theme within "The Death of the Moth" is that one cannot escape death. The "fragile" moth would one day meet face to face with death. There would be no way around it, death comes to take a life and then leaves without a trace.

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#1 - The speakers tone in "The Death of the Moth" is filled with pity. The moth is described as "pathetic" and the speaker realizes throughout this that the moth has a fate much worse than his short life on earth.

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I also agree with the main idea of exploring life and death. As she observes the moth both life and the fate of death are visible.

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#1- The speaker's tone in "The Death Of The Moth" is one of pity. Woolf describes the moth as "pathetic" as the moth flies around from corner to corner across a window pane. As the speaker is watching the "frail and diminutive" moth, the speaker feels "conscious of a queer feeling of pity for him." Later in the story, the speaker feels helpless and expresses a more sincere and sympathetic tone as she observes the moth live its final moments.

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I completely agree that Woolf shows pity toward the moth once it dies, and your idea over what the thesis is really deep. It makes me want to see more people live their life to the fullest, because no-one knows how long it will last.

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I understand what you mean on how some  people don’t get to live their lives freely as they want to. I find this to be a connection to a part of everyday life, because many people don’t realize it until they hear it.

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#2 Although the thesis in this essay isn’t given i would say it’s quite clear to be seen. Woolf refers to the moth as a symbol of human life. While watching it fly through the window panel, she speculates about the life forces that animates the moth. Later on in the essay the moth “tries to resume his dancing” and lands on the window panel on his back, she saw that death was approaching the little thing and tried to help it “ I stretch out a pencil, meaning to help him to right himself.” As the moth comes to its end her attitude shifts toward respect for the moth for trying to live its life as exuberantly as it can.

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#1 The tone in paragraph 2 is a display of pity that is put onto the moth. The moth represents for Woolf as the pure energy of “Life itself”. Once she noticed the significance of the moth she first pities the little thing, it “Flashed upon me that he was in difficulties.” later on in the essay she realizes that she can’t help the little thing “Nothing, I knew, had any chance against death.”

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#1 - I feel like the author uses the tone of feeling concentrated and lament for the moth as she observes it going back and forth at the window pane. As she watches the moth she gets a "feeling of pity" for him and sees what it "appears to be a hard fate."  The moth goes from corner to corner who seems to be "nothing but life" and curious. Woolf explains that death may approach and he did what he could do in the "true nature of life."
#2 - I feel like the main idea of the whole story is life and death. In "Death of a Moth", it describes how the moth tries to escape the window pane before the fate of death appears. Woolf compares the moth to human society. Us being simple can also relate to struggle in our lives and our power of overcoming that obstacle we face. As Woolf observes the moth, she sees that he is struggling to overcome an obstacle of the window and survive. Eventually, the moth would come at a stand still and face death. Humans are just as "frail and nothing but life" when it comes to death. We explore in our thoughts about the idea and struggle within our feelings.

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I didn't think of observant as a tone but then after reading your response I completely agree with you.

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I agree that Woolf through the whole essay was comparing human life to the life of a moth. And even showing the difference in how free the other animals are in comparison to the moth.

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#2 Although the main idea is never stated I believe that Woolf is trying to demonstrate that much like the moth some humans do not live freely. As the moth flies back and forth some humans do the same thing all the time, over and over again. with no purpose or freedom. they go back and forth like the moth until they die. They sit and watch other people (rooks) fly around free meanwhile they are trapped "in the window."

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#2- The thesis of this essay is not clearly stated but if you look deep enough you start to understand it. At the beginning of this essay she explains that this moth is such a "pity" to watch but then she sees its potential and how death is awaiting it. She doesn't out right make a click in her mind of what life lesson she was about to experience untill the moth started to flutter after she thought he already died. She starts explaining the "attempts" and "dignity" this moth is trying to take in his last moments. Woolf calls the moth "insignificant" and death a great "magnitude" but the moth still had "pure" hope. The last sentence it says "The moth having righted himself now lay most decently and uncomplainingly composed. O yes, he seemed to say, death is stronger than I am." This makes me think that the thesis is about ones meaning and dignity in life before he/she passes away.

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#1- The speakers attitude in paragraph two is rather sympathetic. "and a day moth’s at that, appeared a hard fate, and his zest in enjoying his meagre opportunities to the full, pathetic." She has condolence for the moth that is slowly dying. Throughout this essay Woolf continues to downgrade yet see its potential while calling it "something marvellous as well as pathetic." She then shifts her mood into hope while the moth attempts to flutter around the window pane and then slowly dies off with acceptance and the greeting of death.

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I agree that wolf got bored and distracted untill he moves again. I think this made her think about life and death and the meaning of what it is to accept both

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I agree that the thesis is not clearly stated and that it's background focus is rather on the submission of death itself.

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I agree with your thoughts on what the theme is. Woolf observes the moth long enough to form sympathy and witness its quick death over a relatively short period of time. The same thing happens to all living things, people usually just aren't observant enough to notice or care.

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I agree with what you say about the essay showing a human and a moth's similarities. There will always be limitations in life, humans are just lucky enough to have less than a moth has.

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#2- I agree with your idea, that death IS stronger than life. We do have a funny way, when looking at the past and now, of dealing with death. Its a everyday occurrence.

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I agree with your number 2 statement, that we are indeed similar to moths when it comes to "try, try, and trying again".

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1. The attitude shown in paragraph two was a more distant out look on life kind of feel. Where one takes a step back and look at life it self and see how big or actually small it is. When the author says "enjoying his meager opportunities to the full", I can't help but notice how the moth is very similar to a human being in that way. Enjoying life o the fullest. If we were to be observed underneath a petri dish by another intelligent species, our ways might seem- well pointless. However; the moth, or more rather life itself is not pointless.
2.The main idea, in my belief, is that life, no matter how small or somehow insignificant, is not a waste. Life surrounds us, makes up every fiber of our being as we take another breath, and continue with our lives. To prove that this in fact is the thesis the author has left small hints of this from one sentence that struck out to me the most, "Yet, because he was so small, and so simple a form of energy that was rolling in at the open window and driving its way through so many narrow and intricate corridors in my own brain and in those of other human beings, there was something marvelous as well as pathetic about him". The author chose these words right after telling us that this Moth was "little to nothing but Life". It almost throws the audience off of the true thesis at work; that the Moth, like a human being, is going through the flow of life, and doing its job. No matter how insignificant it might seem to us, or the Moth.

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I agree that Woolf thinks life is futile. While the moth's dance was pretty much worthless to anything, it was a goal that the moth wanted to accomplish before coming to it's inevitable death.

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#1 - I like that you saw her attitude to be a cynical one. Woolf feels as if she is superior to the moth for being a human who is capable of so much more than a fragile creature, but later realizes that moths and humans are more similar than she previously believed.

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#2 - The main idea that Woolf is depicting in her essay, "The Death of a Moth," is that the lives of both humans and moths can be similar. While humans are not as fragile as moths, there are also limitations to what we can and cannot do. Just as the moth had finished a "seventh attempt" to continue dancing, humans have many instances where we try, try, and try again to accomplish a task; however, in the end, there is still a borderline to what we are able to do and how far we can push ourselves.

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#1 - In paragraph two, Woolf's attitude is poignant and gentle as she describes the fragile life of a moth. Woolf describes that "that was all he could do" after watching the moth fly in the same four corners while there were many more places to be explored. Her attitude continues to be one of pity as she continues to watch the moth struggle with "futile attempts" to continue his dance as she tries to help him. As the essay comes to an end, Woolf's attitude changes to one of realization and reflection as she watched the "gigantic effort" the moth had but into resuming his dance before he eventually died. Watching the moth whom she thought was "insignificant" and "pathetic" be inspired "to retain what no one else valued," Woolf reflects on what the meaning of what life means.