Both “Araby” and “Eveline” are characterized by a melancholic, even depressive mood. In the first case, the associations of sadness are developed by the motifs of darkness and silence which strengthen the psychological state of the boy. The boy says that “all my senses seemed to want to veil themselves” (108), which means that he wants to become invisible, to disappear, and the darkness and silence are useful to ease his pain: “I was grateful to be able to see so little” (108). Also in “Eveline” the mood is melancholic and depressive, but this time the feeling of melancholy is combined with nostalgia and fear for an uncertain future. It is revealed in Eveline's memories of her deceased mother, her brothers, her friends, in looking at things related to her previous life: "Perhaps she would never again see those familiar objects from which she had never dreamed of parting" (1) . And as for the tone, both in “Araby” and “Eveline” can be described as serious but not solemn as the narrative lacks too eloquent expressions, and the context is more about the daily routine of some elevated