Read the following excerpt from "Madam and the Rent Man" by Langston Hughes.

I said, Listen,
Before I'd pay
I'd go to Hades
And rot away!

The word choice in the line "I'd go to Hades" implies that the speaker

A. is planning a trip to escape her problems.
B. does not have the money to pay the rent.
C. plans to pay the rent man as soon as possible.
D. would rather do anything than pay the rent.