Question

What is the function of metaphor in this line from the passage?
It was the blood-stained gate, the entrance to the hell of slavery, through which I was about to pass.

Answer 1

It compares an experience to a method of torture.
It compares an experience to a physical gate.
It describes a typical initiation into slavery.
It describes the author’s entry into adulthood.

Answer 2

It compares an experience to a method of torture.