How does hyperbole affect the meaning of this sentence from the count of monte cristo? "seventeen months' captivity to a sailor accustomed to the boundless ocean, is a worse punishment than human crime ever merited." it justifies a death sentence as preferable to imprisonment. it describes how brutal imprisonment is to someone who has enjoyed total freedom. it explains why imprisonment should never be applied to military men. it suggests that no criminal act, however dire, deserves punishment

It describes how brutal imprisonment is to someone who has enjoyed total freedom.

Explanation:

Hyperbole is a figure of speech, classified as a figure of thought, which consists in exaggerating an idea with expressive purpose. It is an intentional exaggeration in expression.

In this excerpt, the hyperbole is represented in the exaggeration of the expression "accustomed to the ocean without limits" where the author refers to someone who was accustomed to freedom and now is in captivity. The hyperbole was used in the text to describe how imprisonment is brutal for someone who has enjoyed full freedom

anyone who was dealing with communism in soviet union in his time had an ideal picture of equality, freedom, the struggle of the working class for a better future, the success of the aristocracy's overthrow and the emancipation of subjugation.   however, anyone who would go to soviet union to see the functioning of the communist system, would be convinced that it was about sad people, about everyday bad life, about the brutal attitude of communist leaders, about ill obsession to completely exterminate every thought on aristocracy. thus, orwell wanted to show all the absurdity, the brutality of the system, the unbearable rule of suspicious morality, the ignorant people who try to play professionally.

the answers are: b. and e.

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