Read this excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. It was the blood-stained gate, the entrance to the hell of slavery, through which I was about to pass. It was a most terrible spectacle. What is the meaning of the figurative language in this passage? Douglass was spared the worst kinds of physical torture that other enslaved people faced. Douglass had to go through great pain during his escape from slavery. There was a gate with blood on it at the plantation where Douglass lived. Being enslaved was the worst experience imaginable.

What theme is best revealed by this conflict? a.)with cooperation, crews can defeat the gods. b.)dangerous ocean travel claims many lives. c.)rest is required for all who work hard. d.)people must respect the wrath of the gods. read the excerpt from part 1 of the odyssey. now zeus the lord of cloud roused in the north a storm against the ships and driving veils of the squall moved down like night on land and sea. the bows went plunging at the gust; sails cracked and lashed outstrips in the big wind. we saw death in that fury, dropped the yards, unshipped the oars, and pulled for the nearest lee: then two long days and nights we lay offshore.