“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 emphasize the maltreatment the colonies have faced under british rule. illustrate that the oppression of the british government is far-reaching and evil. emphasize that british oppression is too strong a force to overcome. illustrate the effects of the war between the colonies and britain.

So in the famous passage from "The Crisis" where Thomas Paine wrote: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country. he was talking -- quite literally in the former case -- about the fair-weather friends of the Revolution. File under: Thomas Paine.

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Answer:

Probably a little late but Illustrate that the oppression of the British government is far-reaching and evil.

Explanation:

Thomas Paine wrote in his "Crisis number 1" how he views the oppressive nature of the colonialist rule of America by the Britishers. In his pamphlet Common Sense, Paine discussed how the tyrannical authority of the British government over her American colonies is like being in hell. They are oppressed beyond imagination, but he claims that "the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph". Such is his belief for the liberty of the American nation from its colonizers' powers that he believes in the freedom of the nation. He even went to the extent of calling this oppressive nature as akin to "hell", illustrating how evil and far-reaching the acts of the Britishers have on the colonies.