<span>Merlin lives backwards so he knows that the child that will be born (Arthur) will be future king, so he makes the bargain with Uther to have the child.</span>
FIgurative language is a writing that's not meant to be taken literally, but rather to put things into perspective.
For example, if you drop coffee on yourself, and you say that the coffee is as hot as the sun, you're using a simile, an example of figurative language, and that's not meant to be taken literally- it's an exaggeration.
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