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    The tone of Frankenstein so far is very dramatic. When Frankenstein is nearing the end of his crazed time working on his creature, he gets particularly dramatic. He recalls the night when the creature came to life vividly: "It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was very nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs" (p35). This image of the monster coming to life in a dark lab with rain pounding the windows is creepily dramatic. Specific word choices like "dismally" and "convulsive motion", add another layer to the story's dramatic tone. After his brother's death and Justine's execution, Frankenstein's depression returns: "This state of mind preyed upon my health... I was seized by remorse and the sense of guilt; all sound of joy or complacency was torture to me; solitude was my only consolation—deep, dark, deathlike solitude" (p61). The specific words like "preyed" and "deathlike", that Shelley uses give a much more intense feel to this part, adds to the drama of the story Victor is telling. My guess is that as the book goes on, the story will get darker and more intense and it will ne intersting to see how Shelley uses the tone to expand the plot.