Which of these statements about the prince is best supported by the following passage (lines 202-209 The prince's journey by prudent folk
was little blamed, though they loved him dear;
they whetted the hero, and hailed good omens,
And now the bold one from bands of Geats
comrades chose, the keenest of warriors
e'er he could find; with fourteen men
the sea-wood he sought, and, sailor proved, I
ed them on to the land's confines.
A. His people wish him well on his journey, and he has chosen great warriors to accompany him in battle.
B. His people resent that their beloved prince is leaving to help the ruler of another land.
O C. His weakness is sailing, and so he has recruited great sailors to help him on the journey.
O D. His legend can never reach the esteemed level he covets unless he slays the monster.

Read this passage from “the fall of the house of usher.” which element of gothic literature is not obvious in this passage? as if in the superhuman energy of his utterance there had been found the potency of a spell, the huge antique panels to which the speaker pointed threw slowly back, upon the instant, their ponderous and ebony jaws. it was the work of the rushing gust—but then without those doors there did stand the lofty and enshrouded figure of the lady madeline of usher. there was blood upon her white robes, and the evidence of some bitter struggle upon every portion of her emaciated frame. for a moment she remained trembling and reeling to and fro upon the threshold—then, with a low moaning cry, fell heavily inward upon the person of her brother, and in her violent and now final death agonies, bore him to the floor a corpse, and a victim to the terrors he had anticipated. bleak or remote settings supernatural or otherworldly elements macabre or violent incidents strong language full of dangerous meaning