A Pure Bead of Life ----My appreciation of Virginia's The Death of the Moth Song Jue (School of Media and Design,Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Shanghai,200240) [Abstract]:Virginia Woolf's The Death of the Moth,with only 1100 words, has high aesthetic value and profound philosophy of life.By describing the insignificant one-day-life moth which fought bravely and fearlessly in front of the death,Virginia expressed the complex contemplation of life and death.This paper takes a close look at this small exquisite and meaningful essay,revealing the profound thoughts and literary value of it.Introduction of the author,the theme of the essay,writing styles and rhetorical devices as well as my own thoughts are discussed one by one in this paper.After learning the writing style and theme,we will get enlightened by Virginia's delicate mind and noble sentiment. [Key words]:death;life;contrast;struggle;contemplation Virginia Woolf(25 January 1882-28 March 1941)was an English writer,and one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century.Also,she is a central figure in the influential Bloomsbury Group of intellectuals.Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925),To the Lighthouse (1927)and Orlando (1928),and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929).In her works she experimented with stream-of-consciousness and the underlying psychological as well as emotional motives of characters.Via the use of unique writing techniques,readers can see the thread of vital light of each character.Wolf battled mental illnesses throughout her life, and eventually committed suicide by drowning herself in 1941,a year before this essay was published.A Pure Bead of Life ---- My appreciation of Virginia’s The Death of the Moth Song Jue (School of Media and Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240) [Abstract]: Virginia Woolf’s The Death of the Moth, with only 1100 words, has high aesthetic value and profound philosophy of life. By describing the insignificant one-day-life moth which fought bravely and fearlessly in front of the death, Virginia expressed the complex contemplation of life and death. This paper takes a close look at this small exquisite and meaningful essay, revealing the profound thoughts and literary value of it. Introduction of the author, the theme of the essay, writing styles and rhetorical devices as well as my own thoughts are discussed one by one in this paper. After learning the writing style and theme, we will get enlightened by Virginia’s delicate mind and noble sentiment. [Key words]: death; life; contrast; struggle; contemplation Virginia Woolf (25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer, and one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century. Also, she is a central figure in the influential Bloomsbury Group of intellectuals. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929). In her works she experimented with stream-of-consciousness and the underlying psychological as well as emotional motives of characters. Via the use of unique writing techniques, readers can see the thread of vital light of each character. Wolf battled mental illnesses throughout her life, and eventually committed suicide by drowning herself in 1941, a year before this essay was published