Question

What figurative language device is used in Hale's line on page 533: “I came into

this village like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion; the very
crowns of holy law I brought, and what I touched with my bright confidence, it
died..."

Answer 1

Simile
The narrator is comparing themselves, using the word like, with a bridegroom. The second part of it could be a hyperbole but that just depends on the context of the rest of the story.