“The Death of the Moth” by Virginia Woolf
by Dan | Mar 2, 2022 | Literature
- Choose one of these texts and write an essay selecting from the following guiding questions from
Broadview Press.
“The Death of the Moth” by Virginia Woolf
What are the stages of the moth’s life, according to this essay?
Describe Woolf’s use of irony in this essay.
Explain the use of juxtaposition in “The Death of the Moth.” What effect does this have on
the reader?
“Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell
Orwell uses an autobiographical story in order to make a political claim. How does he
accomplish this?
What is Orwell arguing about the nature of imperialism?
Orwell describes the death of the elephant in vivid detail. How does this graphic
description of violence affect the impact of the essay?
