Read the passage.
in the summer of 1816, we visited switzerland, and became the neighbors of lord byron. at first we spent our pleasant hours on the lake or wandering on its shores. … but it proved a wet, ungenial summer, and incessant rain often confined us for days to the house.
where do the events take place in this excerpt from mary shelley’s introduction to frankenstein?
a)on the shores of a lake
b)in a young scientist’s lab
c)at a house in switzerland
d)in shelley’s home

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.

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