While the Duke and Dauphin seem to be two bumbling idiots, their cruelty can be seen in the fact that they continually... run off with all the money at the revival meeting.
attend revival meetings.
are threatening Jim's status.
are trying to murder the drunk.

a simile is first defined as a type of speech that uses one thing or phrase with comparisons to things of an unrelated kind, often in order to make a more vivacious description. so of the phrases above, only the last one (i swear she cast a shadow white as stone) would be considered a simile, as a shadow white as stone takes two unrelated things and uses them in an interesting way.

explanation:

mark brainliest and have a great day!