The Painted Veil

What metaphors are used in The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham?

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One metaphor found in the text is the description of Kitty as a lioness.

"Wounded vanity can make a woman more vindictive than a lioness robbed of her cubs"

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The Painted Veil, pg. 45