The mood and the the tone of the story about Arachne contributed to the total effect of the story because it manages to stir some emotions in the readers. The tone being serious somehow signals that the message of the story needs to be understood and lived by in our daily lives while the mood which is sad greatly shows the sad ending of the story. Arachne was cursed into a spider that webs forever because she failed to beat the Goddess, Athena.