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1、VIRGINIAWOOLFTheDeathoftheMoth(1942)VirginiaWoolf(1882–1941)exposedthedifficultiesofbeingawomanwriterinheressay“ARoomofOne’sOwn.”Hernovelsexperimentedwithtimeandnarrative,andsheisconsideredamasterofthestream-of-consciousnesstechnique.Woolfbat-tledmentalillnes
2、sesthroughoutherlife,andeventuallycommittedsuicidebydrowningherselfin1941,ayearbeforethisessaywaspublished.Asyouread,exam-inethewaysshepresentsimagesoflifeanddeath.Mothsthatflybydayarenotproperlytobecalledmoths;theydonotexcitethatpleasantsenseofdarkautumnnigh
3、tsandivy-blossomwhichthecommonestyel-low-underwingasleepintheshadowofthecurtainneverfailstorouseinus.Theyarehybridcreatures,neithergaylikebutterfliesnorsomberliketheirownspecies.Neverthelessthepresentspecimen,withhisnarrowhay-coloredwings,fringedwithatasselof
4、thesamecolor,seemedtobecontentwithlife.Itwasapleasantmorning,mid-September,mild,benignant,yetwithakeenerbreaththanthatofthesummermonths.Theploughwasalreadyscoringthefieldoppo-sitethewindow,andwherethesharehadbeen,theearthwaspressedflatandgleamedwithmoisture.S
5、uchvigorcamerollinginfromthefieldsandthedownbeyondthatitwasdifficulttokeeptheeyesstrictlyturneduponthebook.Therookstoowerekeepingoneoftheirannualfestivities;soaringroundthetreetopsuntilitlookedasifavastnetwiththousandsofblackknotsinithadbeencastupintotheair;w
6、hich,afterafewmomentssankslowlydownuponthetreesuntileverytwigseemedtohaveaknotattheendofit.Then,suddenly,thenetwouldbethrownintotheairagaininawidercirclethistime,withtheutmostclamorandvociferation,asthoughtobethrownintotheairandsettleslowlydownuponthetreetops
7、wereatremendouslyexcitingexperience.Thesameenergywhichinspiredtherooks,theploughmen,thehorses,andeven,itseemed,theleanbare-backeddowns,sentthemothflutteringfromsidetosideofhissquareofthewindowpane.Onecouldnothelpwatchinghim.One,was,indeed,consciousofaqueerfee
8、lingofpityforhim.Thepossibilitiesofplea-sureseemedthatmorningsoenormousandsovariousthattohaveonlyamoth’spartinlife,andadaymoth’satthat,appearedahardfate,andhiszestinenjoy-inghismeageroppo
