Paine compares tyranny to hell in order to

The second one I believe

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Hello.

In this excerpt, Paine establishes that great accomplishments do not come without great effort. In this case, the great effort would be to extinguish the British authority in the colonies, which is devastating.

Therefore, his intention is to emphasize the opression with which the british government rules.

Alternative B is correct.

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