"It was a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils.”
This sentence opens chapter five, setting an eerie tone for the rest of the chapter. With this tone change, the reader is conscious that something bad is about to happen. This warning helps to keep the reader anticipating what will happen next. The tone also allows the reader to put the pieces together that this creation, Victor Frankenstein’s monster, will not produce desirable outcomes. Contributing to the tone was Shelley's word choice in the chapter. Shelley tells of "anxiety that almost amounted to agony" from Frankenstein’s feelings and describes the darkness of the room as his "candle was nearly burnt out."
Mary Shelley sets up the novel Frankenstein with an eerie, dark tone. She remains neutral towards the characters for the majority to keep away from any bias. She reveals all points of view, making it about both the monster and Victor Frankenstein. The eerie and dark tones lead to the growing knowledge of the characters’ true intentions and motives.
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Although at times the tone changes when the monster wishes to be loved. The tone becomes moving and tugs at your heart and the monster’s emotions are the reason for his actions. He is compassionate when he sees the family in the woods as well as towards the end, when he leaks out his natural feelings of care for Victor Frankenstein after he dies. He acts on his feelings and not from his thoughts. He causes the novel’s angry or spiteful tone by wanting revenge and killing the loved ones of Victor. He shapes the novel’s plot by his want for revenge caused by the abandonment of Victor and the feeling of being