I was going to answer but big mako already did
The Matthew passage conveys a downright opposite message to that of Orgon. It means that Tartuffe's piety is a spectacle, a theater show for Orgon and the masses to see. Tartuffe pompously prayed in church before the congregation (and Orgon, of course), kissing the ground all the time, pathetically sighing and demonstrating his piety very loudly.
If you see someone with a tear in their eye, what do you assume?
Does the tear indicate that they are happy, sad, or indifferent? Choose the answer that is most likely the case.
Onomatopoeia is literary device that copies natural sounds.
A simile is a comparison between two things using as or like.
Metaphor is a direct comparison between two things without the use of ‘as’ or ‘like’