I believe they were walked to the guillotine and told to kneel at the head of it. They would then be executed while people watched. It was brutal in that time.
Figurative language: uses different figures of speech such as hyperbole, simile, onomatopoeia, metaphor among others.
In this sentence: The writer uses a metaphor and imagery . The horse represents courage, vitality, control. The color white, purity, trust. Flood, fill out beyond limits
Imagery: Flood, youth, dreams, poetry, white
Answer: He professed as much when questioned on the subject in 1948, a year after India gained its independence, and a few weeks before his death. “I hold extreme views about British connection,” he said. “In spite of my love of the British people, I think that their imperialism has been their greatest crime against humanity.”
Explanation:
As a woman I would wish that B would be the correct answer but if we are talking about what would happen if it were historically correct then D would be the right answer because that's what women "were made to do".