Would “ their immediate concern was to save lucas from the jaws of death” fall under figure of speech?

Yes, the term, 'their immediate concern was to save Lucas from the jaws of death' would be figurative speech because Lucas is not actually going to die by getting eaten. It is a metaphor.

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  dante alighieri wrote the divine comedy, a description of a spititual journey. when he wrote it , he was in exile. in florence, dante's native city, there was a social strife, they had political turmoil, and some of the   florentine names included in the narrative may have been a way that dante used to criticize his fellow citizens.

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