Tone

Middlesex

by Jeffrey Eugenides

Middlesex: Tone 1 key example

Definition of Tone

The tone of a piece of writing is its general character or attitude, which might be cheerful or depressive, sarcastic or sincere, comical or mournful, praising or critical, and so on. For instance... read full definition
The tone of a piece of writing is its general character or attitude, which might be cheerful or depressive, sarcastic or sincere, comical or mournful, praising or critical... read full definition
The tone of a piece of writing is its general character or attitude, which might be cheerful or depressive, sarcastic or sincere, comical... read full definition
Tone
Explanation and Analysis:

The narrative tone in Middlesex is candid, forthright, confessional, at times satirical. Cal/lie makes for an interesting narrator, speaking in the first person (as though writing a memoir or diary entry) and maintaining the omniscience of a third-person narrator.