Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer. Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise.

Question

Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer. Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise.

Use the passage to answer the question. How does this passage use an analogy? (1 point) Responses by repeating the term “government” throughout the passage by repeating the term “government” throughout the passage by using commas to emphasize clauses within the sentence by using commas to emphasize clauses within the sentence by using emotional imagery to describe a government’s ruin by using emotional imagery to describe a government’s ruin by comparing a government to clothing by comparing a government to clothing

Answer 1

The passage uses an analogy by comparing a government to clothing. It states that "Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise." This comparison suggests that just as clothing covers up our natural state, government covers up the ideal state of society and can lead to negative consequences.