Similes are literary devices that compares words with another directly, a bit different from a metaphor (Metaphors compare things indirectly related).
Correct option is B
The simile used to develop Mr. Shiftlet’s Southern gothic character through "The image reinforces the idea that Mrs. Crater and Lucynell are both damaged."
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