Mood In The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

Romantic literature bases itself on the setting of the story, the emotions of a character, and also the mood and tone the author creates. The mood plays an important role in the literature because it influences the way the reader feels towards the character and the story itself. Writers frequently utilize rich and ornate language to create a sense of drama and grandeur. In the first work, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the mood and tone consists of melancholy and eerie. The mood presents itself in the story through the quote, “They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose, Nor spake, nor moved their eyes; It had been strange, even in a dream, To have seen those dead men rise” (Coleridge 476). The melancholy mood comes from the fear the Mariner

The author creates the tone through the description of the feelings of the lady. The lady paces her room in fear (Tennyson 109-110). The pacing of the room describes a mysterious tone as well as a melancholy. The mysteriousness of the pacing reveals the wonder built up in the lady. Another mood and tone in the Romanticism era includes fearful and anxious. The author states, “There comes an end to all things; the most capacious measure is filled at last; and this brief condescension to my evil finally destroyed the balance of my soul” (Stevenson 67). Jekyll fears Hyde and becomes anxious with his decision to become Hyde. The mood allows the reader to see and experience Jekyll’s feelings and emotions. Furthermore, another work of literature consists of Frankenstein. The author utilizes the words, “fierce wind”, “loitered”, “mighty”, “insanity” (Shelley 13). The overall tone of the text is over dramatic and very dark and gloomy to represent the emotions going through Victor and the monster. The last work includes “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Gilman. The author describes the women as delusional because no other character sees the movement of the wallpaper (Gilman