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Definitions of allegory in various dictionaries:
noun - a short moral story (often with animal characters)
noun - a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
noun - an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
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| The mysterious character "Mr. S." represents human depravity--obviously we're writing this type of symbolic tale |
| Noun for a work in which ideas are personified, like the book "Pilgrim's Progress" or de Troy's "Time Unveiling Truth" |
| John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is a work in this genre |
| A symbolic narrative; Piers Plowman starred in a famous one |
| "The Pilgrim's Progress" is an example of this symbolic literary form |
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| a story, poem, or picture which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. |
| A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. |
| a story, play, poem, picture, or other work in which the characters and events represent particular qualities or ideas that relate to morals, religion, or politics: |
| a story, play, poem, picture, or other work in which the characters and events represent particular moral, religious, or political qualities or ideas |
| The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form. |
| A story, picture, or play employing such representation. John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Herman Melville's Moby Dick are allegories. |
| A symbolic representation: The blindfolded figure with scales is an allegory of justice. |
| an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances an extended metaphor |
| a visible symbol representing an abstract idea |
| a short moral story (often with animal characters) |
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As a literary device, an allegory is a metaphor in which a character, place or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences. Allegory (in the sense of the practice and use of allegorical devices and works) has occurred widely throughout history in all forms of art, largely because it can readily illustrate or convey complex ideas and concepts in ways that are comprehensible or striking to its viewers, readers, or listeners. * Writers or speakers typically use allegories as literary devices or as rhetorical devices that convey (semi-)hidden or complex meanings through symbolic figures, actions, imagery, or events, which together create the moral, spiritual, or political meaning the author wishes to convey. |