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LITERARY IMPRESSIONISM IN VIRGINIA WOOLF’S “THE DEATH OF THE MOTH”

    2 Author(s):  SHYAM PRASAD SUBEDI, BEERENDRA PANDEY

Vol -  11, Issue- 1 ,         Page(s) : 590 - 595  (2020 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH

Abstract

Virginia Woolf’s essay “The Death of the Moth”, written at the aftermath of World War I, meditates on the power of death amidst the human struggle to live. This article analyses the essay as an instance of literary impressionism and argues that Woolf tries to objectify the interiority of her mind as she reacts to a moth’s dance which eventually leads to the insect’s death. By zeroing in on the analysis of metaphors in the essay, the article concludes that as a text of literary impressionism, Woolf’s essay contains her taste of the feelings of wonder, fear, and courage at the drama between life and death—a final wisdom about life force against the onslaught of death which she impresses on the minds of her readers.

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