Treasure Island

Question

by Robert Louis Stevenson

He had taken me aside one day and promised me a silver fourpenny on the first of every month if I would only keep my “weather-eye open for a seafaring man with one leg” and let him know the moment he appeared. Often enough when the first of the month came round and I applied to him for my wage, he would only blow through his nose at me and stare me down, but before the week was out he was sure to think better of it, bring me my four-penny piece, and repeat his orders to look out for “the seafaring man with one leg.”

How that personage haunted my dreams, I need scarcely tell you. On stormy nights, when the wind shook the four corners of the house and the surf roared along the cove and up the cliffs, I would see him in a thousand forms, and with a thousand diabolical expressions. Now the leg would be cut off at the knee, now at the hip; now he was a monstrous kind of a creature who had never had but the one leg, and that in the middle of his body. To see him leap and run and pursue me over hedge and ditch was the worst of nightmares. And altogether I paid pretty dear for my monthly fourpenny piece, in the shape of these abominable fancies.

"Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson

Question
Use the excerpt from “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson to answer the question.

Which two dramatic elements help advance the plot in the second paragraph?

(1 point)
Responses

dialogue and inner conflict
dialogue and inner conflict

setting and character description
setting and character description

conflict between characters and setting
conflict between characters and setting

character description and dialogue

Answer 1

The two dramatic elements that help advance the plot in the second paragraph of the excerpt are setting and character description.

The setting is established through descriptions of stormy nights and the chaotic environment, which contributes to the protagonist's fears and the atmosphere of tension. Character description is demonstrated through the details about the seafaring man with one leg, which is central to the narrator's anxieties and nightmares. Together, these elements enhance the narrative by providing insight into the character's struggles and fears, leading to the development of the plot.