A hyphen would be suitable
“Take my brand Excalibur, / which was my pride”. This is a metaphor cause it does not use the word like or as. Although “Rose up from out the bosom of the lake” does not use like or as but it doesn’t compare anything. I hope this helps.
Paine begins by distinguishing between government and society. Society, according to Paine, is everything constructive and useful that people join together to accomplish. The government, on the other hand, is an institution whose sole purpose is to protect us from our vices. The government has its origins in the evil of man and is, therefore, a necessary evil at best. Paine says that government's sole purpose is to protect life, liberty, and property and that a government should be judged solely by the extent to which it accomplishes this goal.
