The word the best fits the blank above is COMMITMENT. This is based on the Triarchic Theory of Love by Robert J. Sternberg. According to him, the purpose of maintaining the relationship despite having problems based on the cognitive judgment of the relationship is called commitment. Being committed means you stay no matter what any obstacle or external variable may come.
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Explanation: "In writing it down I feel with only too much keenness the inadequacy of pen and ink--to express its quality."
He is having trouble translating those exact feelings into words despite his knowledge and prowess, and this shows that the experience observed first hand was rather magnificent and captivating.
And secondly, at the end, when the writer says that "after a time we ceased to do that, and looked only at the Time Traveller's face."
The fact that the story cast a spell and they stopped looking at each other also tells us something. These two excerpts show that the Time Traveller told a captivating tale.
Answer: A. gallant.
Explanation:
Because by definition the word gallant alludes to a person that displays a heroic and brave behavior and the character is depicted in the legend as a heroic outlaw who robbed from the rich and then gave those goods to the poor, therefore becoming a hero to the poor.
I think one characteristic of literature is the narrator and character(s). The narrator is not always the author, but in some cases it can be. The narrator is the person that is recounting and telling the story. This is important and necessary in every story. We also need characters because their actions, thoughts, etc. affect the story and theme and that is what makes up the story. Without characters there is no story.