Question

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

Answer 1

I’m really late but it’s B. “It describes how brutal imprisonment is to someone who has enjoyed total freedom.” I just took the test and got it right.

Answer 2

Answer:

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