Description of the eclipse in "The Eclipse" by "Virginia Woolf"Virginia Woolf, English writer, essayist and critic has beautifully portrayed the natural phenomenon of 'eclipse He also illuminated the importance of the sun. He narrated the essay in a dramatic way and regarded the sun as an actor who would come on stage to act as if a drama was taking place made the scene. vivid and fascinating through the use of colors, images and similes The way he described it is so colorful and realistic that readers visualize the eclipse occurring before their eyes where everyone would have looked at the sun with reverence. .The people had gathered on the top of the hill and stood in a straight line as if they were statues standing on the edge of the world. As the sun rose, the clouds shone and peeked over the edge of the clouds happen the eclipse. But the clouds prevented it. The sun was trying to escape the fog with tremendous speed. At a certain point he came out and was once again enveloped by fluffy clouds. The sun then appeared empty as the moon had passed in front of it. A substantial portion of the sun was covered and the loss of daylight became evident. The writer effectively described the efforts of the sun to free itself from the cloud obstacle. He continually personified the sun as he did his best to make his face appear before the world. The clouds stifled the speed of the sun. The hallowed twenty-four seconds had begun but the sun was still trapped and trying to free itself from the clot of clouds. “Only five seconds remained of the twenty-four seconds, and yet it was still obscured.” The time of the eclipse was passing and it seemed that the sun was losing ground. It was continually obliterated by the clouds. The colors of the valleys seemed to disappear. Everything was fading as "All the color began to disappear from the moor." The colors were changing: “The blue became purple, the white became livid as if a violent but windless storm was approaching. The pink faces turned green and it became colder than ever.” The light and heat were fading.