Question

Which sentence best represents the complicating incident in "R.M.S. Titanic"?

"But far below, in the warren of passages on the starboard side forward, in the forward holds and boiler rooms, men could see that the Titanic’s hurt was mortal."

"Out of the dark she came, a vast, dim, white, monstrous shape, directly in the Titanic's path."

"In the crow’s-nest, lookout Frederick Fleet and his partner, Leigh, gazed down at the water, still and unruffled in the dim, starlit darkness."

"The White Star liner Titanic, largest ship the world had ever known, sailed from Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York on April 10, 1912."

Answer 1

"Out of the dark she came, a vast, dim, white, monstrous shape, directly in the Titanic's path."

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer: "Out of the dark she came, a vast, dim, white, monstrous shape, directly in the Titanic's path."

Step-by-step explanation:

The complicating incident in a story refers to an event or series of events where conflict arises.

In the well known story of the R.M.S. Titanic which hit an iceberg and sank, the arrival of or rather the meeting of the Titanic with the iceberg can be considered the complicating incident.

This is because at this point, the conflict of the ship hitting the iceberg arose and when that happened, the ship began to take in water and eventually sank.