Read this sentence from the excerpt from twelve years a slave: whether they were accessory to my misfortunes—subtle and inhuman monsters in the shape of men—designedly luring me away from home and family, and liberty, for the sake of gold—those who read these pages will have the same means of determining as myself. what is the figurative meaning of the words and phrases in the sentence? how does the imagery and symbolism in the sentence affect its meaning? use evidence from the text to support your response. your response should be one or two complete paragraphs.

"Whether they were accessory to my misfortunes—subtle and inhuman monsters in the shape of men—designedly luring me away from home and family, and liberty, for the sake of gold—those who read these pages will have the same means of determining as myself."

What is the figurative meaning of the words and phrases in the sentence?

The narrator is talking about his experiences as a slave. In this paragraph, he refers to his "owner or owners" as cruel, inhuman, avaricious,  "monsters" that do not care at all about him as a person or the fact they took him away from his family to use him as a instrument or object to work for them in their own terms, to seek for gold, without caring in any way for what he thinks or feels, or whatever he needs.

How does the imagery and symbolism in the sentence affect its meaning?

The imagery and symbolism used by the narrator of the story, really makes the reader to take and empatethic position towards his situation. Family, liberty and a good quality of life are elements every human being will seek in every situation, so the way in which the writer presents his argument, makes the reader easily relate to the feelings produced by the lack of them. It is not hard for the reader to place himself in "his shoes" and understand the hard feelings the narrator has developed towards his enslaver.

animal farm is a novel about a group of animals who take control of the farm they live on. the animals get fed up of their master, farmer jones, so they kick him out. however, trouble brews as the pigs, napoleon and snowball, fight for the hearts and minds of the other animals on the farm.

explanation:

answer: d.she abandons people when they least expect it.

in the monk's tale, we encounter seventeen stories that relate historical events. all of these stories have tragic commonalities. they tell the stories of heroes who, despite their success in life, all met sad ends. the monk blames these sad outcomes on fortune. one of fortune's traits is that she abandons people when they least expect it. this is one of the most common themes of medieval tragedies.