Description of the eclipse in "The Eclipse" by "Virginia Woolf"Virginia Woolf, English novelist, essayist and critic, beautifully depicted the natural phenomenon of eclipse She also highlighted the importance of the sun She narrated the essay in a dramatic manner and considered the sun as an actor who would come on stage to perform as if a drama was unfolding. made the scene vivid and lovely through the use of colors, images and similes The way she described it is so colorful and realistic that the readers visualize the eclipse happening before their eyes. were walking anxiously to the top of a hill where all would gaze reverently at the sun. The people had gathered at the top of the hill and stood in a straight line, as if they were statues standing at the edge of the world. As the sun rose, the clouds shone and scanned the sky. edge of the clouds. The sun rushed towards the point where the eclipse was to take place. But the clouds prevented him from doing so. The sun, with terrible speed, tried to escape the mist. At one point it appeared, then was enveloped again by the wadded clouds. The sun then appeared hollow because the moon had passed in front of it. A significant part of the Sun was obscured and the loss of daylight was becoming noticeable. The author has effectively described the sun's efforts to free itself from the cloudy obstacle. She continually personified the sun as he tried his best to make her face appear before the world. The clouds were stifling the speed of the sun. The hallowed twenty-four seconds had begun but the sun was still trapped and struggling to free itself from the pile of clouds. “Out of the twenty-four seconds, there were only five left, and it was still darkened.” The time of the eclipse passed and it seemed that the sun was losing its place. It was continually obscured by clouds. The colors of the valleys seemed to disappear. Everything was fading as “all the colors began to disappear from the moor.” The colors changed: “The blue turned purple, the white became livid as when a violent but windless storm approaches. The pink faces turned green and it became colder than ever. The light and the heat were disappearing.