Read the short passage below from the later chapters of the novel Jane Eyre. In it, Jane Eyre, a private tutor, has agreed to marry her employer, Mr. Rochester, although mysteries surround his private life. The character's actions convey the theme that people will risk everything for love and acceptance. Which literary element impacts the
characters actions in this excerpt?

"But what had befallen the night? The moon was not yet set, and we were all in shadow: I could scarcely see my master's face, near as I was. And what ailed the chestnut tree? writhed and
groaned; while wind roared in the laurel walk, and came sweeping over us.
'We must go in,' said Mr. Rochester: 'the weather changes. I could have sat with thee till morning, Jane.
"And so,' thought I'could I with you.' I should have said so, perhaps, but a livid, vivid spark leapt out of a cloud at which I was looking, and there was a crack, a crash, and a close rattling
peal; and I thought only of hiding my dazzled eyes against Mr. Rochester's shoulder."

1. setting
2. tone
3. conflict
4. figurative language