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After publishing his work The Shortest Way with Dissenters,
Defoe was arrested. He was charged with rebellious libel. Due to this he was
sentenced to stay in the pillory for three days. But this did not stop him to write. He even
made another ode while in prison.
I'm trying to decide between A and C, but I believe it is C.
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty." (A) contains a hyperbole.
In literature, a hyperbole is a stylistic exaggeration. It is used to give a dramatic effect to a statement.
Here, the hyperbole is: "pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe." There are of course prices that the U.S. are going to refuse to pay, burdens they will not afford to carry, etc., but by exaggerating these commitments, Kennedy sounds more resolute and more persuasive.
