Read the excerpt from The Crisis, Number I.
“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: ’tis dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.”
Paine compares tyranny to hell in order to
A: emphasize the maltreatment the colonies have faced under British rule.
B: illustrate that the oppression of the British government is far-reaching and evil.
C: emphasize that British oppression is too strong a force to overcome.
D: illustrate the effects of the war between the colonies and Britain.