Sirpy compels Anjali to marry him, and she refuses to it. The truth of the prophets, he declares, compels assent. He compels her to sleep with him, but Chunhyang keeps refusing because she is married. The Mindsword, when drawn, compels absolute and fanatical devotion to the person holding it. To stop their main objection, the flock psychically compels Ardai to commit suicide. It is that which compels him to submit to death long before his time. A proof changes our knowledge; an argument compels us to act. Zoe's death compels Janine to abandon the investigation, but Lucas continues the search alone. A telegram from Smith to Harper Lee ultimately compels Capote to return to Kansas. Cook later takes some of JJ's prescription medication which compels him to tell the truth. You can only elaborate on the stuff that compels you to. Threatening Indra with a curse, she compels him to reveal his true form. According to another interpretation, Ahalya's pride in her beauty compels her. A court order compels sadistic Associate Warden Ranken to release him from solitary. Anna is horrified, but Torsten compels her.