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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 expres ....

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... 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 think? "The" shows a distinct moth and a distinct death, it shows a significance for both. Yet "a" leaves both fairly ambiguous, showing that neither death nor the moth is very significant. In my mind this shows something of Dilliard's feelings about life. From this title alone I deduce that Annie Dilliard doesn't think much of anyt ...