Personification is a figure of speech in which a thing /an idea is given human attributes.
Here instead of "you will pay the price", the author says "your lives will pay the price", using personification.
The supporting details should offer this.
There are all types of characters in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' Some are rounded and dynamic, some are flat and static, and a few are a combination of both. So there for it is Oberon
Summary of 'A Modest Proposal'
He argues that children could be sold into a meat market as early as the age of one, giving poor families some much needed income, while sparing them the expenses of raising so many children.