In Virginia Woolf's narrative essay, "The Death of the Moth," she describes a series of events that a tiny moth goes through one afternoon. The moth is stuck in a window, and struggles to get out of the window until its fate takes over, and it dies after trying for so long. The moth in the essay is not just your everyday ordinary moth that is forgotten about, but is symbolic of several stages of life. Woolf starts off her essay by using imagery. She describes that it was a pleasant, mid-September morning, and then she goes on to describe the scene beyond the window she is looking out of. She describes "the plough scoring the field opposite the window, and where the share had been, the earth was pressed flat and gleamed with moisture." She then describes the birds that are "soaring round the tree tops until it looked as if a vast net with thousands of black knots in it had been cast up into the air." By giving this image, a reader can picture the scene and get more into the essay. She continues with her descriptions, and then goes on about how she sees a little moth stuck in her window, and how it is "dancing" from side to side of her window pane. The moth is struggling, as it continues flying from side to side of the window, waiting a couple of seconds, and then continuing his struggling of trying to get out of the window. After some time, the moth stops flying, sits on the window ledge and Woolf forgets about him. The moth tries to "dance" again, but this time it seems as if his body is stiff and probably very exhausted, and it fails its attempt at trying to break free. It attempts again, and again, but of course fails every time, then slips and lands on its back on the window ledge. After a little while after that, its legs begin to move again, and with all its effort it finally is able to lift itself back up on its feet. Anyone would probably expect the moth to give it a try ag...