Life and death always strike the chords in everyone's heart and blew everybody's mind.And it is timeless classic topic for writers.Not coincidentally, Katherine Mansfield's short story The Fly and Virginia Woolfs essay The Death of the Moth both through the writer's self-symbol interpret the meaning of life and expound philosophically the relationship between life and death:that is,the essence of life lies exactly in the struggle against the unfathomable lifeless abyss and resistance against the strong destructive force.The two small texts play a similar piece of music in different tunes,getting the same result in different approaches. The fate of small roles can bring the shock of the soul as the big shot.However, this shock might be different,sometimes like chalk and cheese.The protagonist in Death of a Salesman(written by American playwright Arthur Miller)Willy Loman, once had his favorite word,but found himself achieved nothing when he got old,so he became skeptical of his own value,at last,he thought death is more worthy than life,chose to commit suicide in the process of the pursuit to illusory dream.Little as the moth is,he does not resign himself to his fate.As long as he has life,he has much zeal in enjoying his transient life and struggles valiantly against death.In the poetry Stray Bird,Tagore said "Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves."Weak moths harvest the eternal beauty through its own effort in the final moments of life,how heroic and admirable it is!Even the moth has unyielding spirit and resolution to maintain his dignity,let alone our human being.Everyone should seize the opportunity and live our own.Not only to live our lives, but to be alive. The leading English art critic of the Victorian era,John Ruskin once said "It is not the fear of death,but the contemplation of death results to lofty feel, conscious contemplation to the great misfortune is the real great and noble one in sentiment."The contemplation which the moth's death and fail triggered exalts the essay to the aesthetic realm.In this noble sentiment,there are sympathy for the moth, reverence for the tough struggle as well as the contemplation for the real meaning of life. They are neither gay like butterflies nor somber like their own species,besides,Life and death always strike the chords in everyone’s heart and blew everybody's mind. And it is timeless classic topic for writers. Not coincidentally, Katherine Mansfield’s short story The Fly and Virginia Woolf’s essay The Death of the Moth both through the writer’s self-symbol interpret the meaning of life and expound philosophically the relationship between life and death: that is, the essence of life lies exactly in the struggle against the unfathomable lifeless abyss and resistance against the strong destructive force. The two small texts play a similar piece of music in different tunes, getting the same result in different approaches. The fate of small roles can bring the shock of the soul as the big shot. However, this shock might be different, sometimes like chalk and cheese. The protagonist in Death of a Salesman (written by American playwright Arthur Miller) Willy Loman, once had his favorite word, but found himself achieved nothing when he got old, so he became skeptical of his own value, at last, he thought death is more worthy than life, chose to commit suicide in the process of the pursuit to illusory dream. Little as the moth is, he does not resign himself to his fate. As long as he has life, he has much zeal in enjoying his transient life and struggles valiantly against death. In the poetry Stray Bird, Tagore said “Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.” Weak moths harvest the eternal beauty through its own effort in the final moments of life, how heroic and admirable it is! Even the moth has unyielding spirit and resolution to maintain his dignity, let alone our human being. Everyone should seize the opportunity and live our own. Not only to live our lives, but to be alive. The leading English art critic of the Victorian era, John Ruskin once said “It is not the fear of death, but the contemplation of death results to lofty feel, conscious contemplation to the great misfortune is the real great and noble one in sentiment.” The contemplation which the moth’s death and fail triggered exalts the essay to the aesthetic realm. In this noble sentiment, there are sympathy for the moth, reverence for the tough struggle as well as the contemplation for the real meaning of life.They are neither gay like butterflies nor somber like their own species, besides