Read this excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. It was the blood-stained gate, the entrance to the hell of slavery, through which I was about to pass. It was a most terrible spectacle. What is the meaning of the figurative language in this passage? A There was a gate with blood on it at the plantation where Douglass lived. B Douglass had to go through great pain during his escape from slavery. C Being enslaved was the worst experience imaginable. D Douglass was spared the worst kinds of physical torture that other enslaved people faced.