In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Gawain tells the Green Knight, “First I ask and adjure you, how you are called / That you tell me true so that trust it I may.” Which definition best suits the word adjure? Explain what this statement tells you about Sir Gawain’s character. a. plead b. mock c. urge d. honor

Which three elements of gothic literature clearly mirror the situation of women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? strange characters and settings an overall atmosphere of mystery and suspense unexplained or supernatural events characters’ inability to control their fates high emotions experienced by characters suffering from a sense of doom women threatened by powerful males