Part one of term paper
Moths can be seen as very insignificant creatures, however the question arises whether or not they really are meaningless. In the two essays "The Death of the Moth" and "Death of a Moth" a moth is used in a very meaningful way in each to express the two writer's feelings. On the surface the essays might seem to be only accounts of the circums ...

Part two of term paper
... to meaning. First off in order to emphasize the differences between the two authors, Annie Dillard (Death of a Moth) and Virginia Woolf's (The Death of the Moth) uses of metaphors and meanings I bring up the two titles of the essays. "The Death of the Moth" as a title forces into my mind a meaning which is opposite that of a title like "Death of a Moth". This happens for one reason: Right away I notice the difference in phrasing. Woolf uses the word "the" while Dillard uses "a". Why is this do you ...