Which statement correctly describes the characterization in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from The Merry Adventures of Robin
Hood by Howard Pyle.
IN MERRY ENGLAND in the time of old, when good
King Henry the Second ruled the land, there lived within
the green glades of Sherwood Forest, near Nottingham
Town, a famous outlaw whose name was Robin Hood.
No archer ever lived that could speed a gray goose shaft
with such skill and cunning as his, nor were there ever
such yeomen as the sevenscore merry men that
roamed with him through the greenwood shades. Right
merrily they dwelled within the depths of Sherwood
Forest, suffering neither care nor want, but passing the
time in merry games of archery or bouts of cudgel play,
living upon the King's venison, washed down with
draughts of ale of October brewing.
Not only Robin himself but all the band were outlaws and
dwelled apart from other men, yet they were beloved by
O Dialogue characterizes Robin Hood as a thief.
O Dialogue characterizes Robin Hood as uninterested.
The narrator's description characterizes Robin Hood
as wishful.
The narrator's description characterizes Robin Hood
as generous.