5. Which of these is not a reason that Macbeth gives for not wanting to kill Duncan? a. I am his kinsman and his subject
b. ... as his host ... [I] should against his murderer shut the door
c. He hath honoured me of late
d. He is old

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."

1. both men a determined to break douglass.

2. douglass is still considered to be one of captain anthony's possessions.

3. douglass escapes to freedom in the north and changes his name.

4. the events are usually written from a distance in time.

5. the recording of events in chronological order.

the answer is a)   a sentence of death costs the state "almost three times as much as a sentence of life in prison" (delon 147)

i believe the answer is perspective