the author herself.Not only "I",but all human beings,cannot escape from death.In the essay,Virginia used a number of negative meaning verbs which shed light on this opinion.For example,"One could not help watching him...One was,indeed, conscious of a queer feeling of pity for him...One is apt to forget all about life...One could only watch the extraordinary efforts...one saw life,a pure bead. Here,Virginia used“one”to replace"I''is a kind of“transference”,transferring the feeling appropriate to a particular person or group to a different person or group. Also,this shift shows the social background in her time when wars,poverty and crisis were raging and people then lead a dog's life.Perplexed and agonized,the whole world has unfortunately plunged into an unfathomable abyss of terror and pain.The people then were wandering in the junction,totally at loss where their fate would lead them,Woolf tried to show her great concern and worries about the future of human beings at large.Virginia's alternate use of"I"and "one",conveys the idea that after witnessing the struggle moth made against death,she could not help but gaze at life. The fate of the little moth has some bearing on that of the human beings at large.And the moth is an epitome. 2.3 death and life In Hamlett written by Shakespeare,it put forward the thought on life:"To be,or not to be,this is a question."The discussion towards the life value is always timeless. Seeing from the title "The death of the moth",this essay seems to focus on death, however,Virginia mentioned "life"and its relevant word at least 10 times. At the beginning of the essay,words of muted tones,such as"night,shadow,fails, somber,hay-colored"create a dark,dull and dreary atmosphere.However,writing twist is followed,Virginia put an exclamation point on thriving nature:soaring rooks, wet earth,exuberant farm and so on,triggering the caprice of the life. In paragraph four and five,Virginia started to delineate the hit of death."Srillness and quiet had replaced the previous animation...the body relaxed,and instantly grew stiff...The struggle was over.The insignificant little creature now knew death."The moth's fighting till the last moment shocks Virginia,although she said "death is stronger than I am",she wantedthe author herself. Not only “I”, but all human beings, cannot escape from death. In the essay, Virginia used a number of negative meaning verbs which shed light on this opinion. For example, “One could not help watching him…One was, indeed, conscious of a queer feeling of pity for him… One is apt to forget all about life…One could only watch the extraordinary efforts…one saw life, a pure bead. ” Here, Virginia used “one” to replace “I” is a kind of “transference”, transferring the feeling appropriate to a particular person or group to a different person or group. Also, this shift shows the social background in her time when wars, poverty and crisis were raging and people then lead a dog’s life. Perplexed and agonized, the whole world has unfortunately plunged into an unfathomable abyss of terror and pain. The people then were wandering in the junction, totally at loss where their fate would lead them, Woolf tried to show her great concern and worries about the future of human beings at large. Virginia’s alternate use of “I” and “one”, conveys the idea that after witnessing the struggle moth made against death, she could not help but gaze at life. The fate of the little moth has some bearing on that of the human beings at large. And the moth is an epitome. 2.3 death and life In Hamlett written by Shakespeare, it put forward the thought on life: “To be, or not to be, this is a question.” The discussion towards the life value is always timeless. Seeing from the title “The death of the moth”, this essay seems to focus on death, however, Virginia mentioned “life” and its relevant word at least 10 times. At the beginning of the essay, words of muted tones, such as “night, shadow, fails, somber, hay-colored” create a dark, dull and dreary atmosphere. However, writing twist is followed, Virginia put an exclamation point on thriving nature: soaring rooks, wet earth, exuberant farm and so on, triggering the caprice of the life. In paragraph four and five, Virginia started to delineate the hit of death. “Stillness and quiet had replaced the previous animation… the body relaxed, and instantly grew stif … The struggle was over. The insignificant little creature now knew death.” The moth’s fighting till the last moment shocks Virginia, although she said “death is stronger than I am”, she wanted