Results for: Allegory
In Literary Devices and Figures of Speech

What is the definition of allegory?

An Allegory is a form of extended metaphor, in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative, are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The und… (MORE)
In Allegory and Simile

What is an allegory?

An allegory is a method of communicating a message representativelythrough symbols an images. Allegories often teach complex lessonsby the use of extended metaphors; the messa… (MORE)
In Allegory and Simile

Allegory in a sentence?

Allegory is telling a story by referencing something else and not  explicitly explaining what the thing being referenced is. For  example the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardro… (MORE)
In Allegory and Simile

How is godhanger an allegory?

Skymaster represents Jesus. His birth, teachings and death all reflect those events in Jesus' life. Skymaster has twelve followers and strives to teach the birds and animals o… (MORE)
In Epic Poetry

Why is gilgamesh an allegory?

gilgamesh is an allegory because it is a representation of an absract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under guise … (MORE)
In Literature & Language

Why is an allegory useful?

Allegory is an extended metaphor that carries forward a dual meaning involving analogous structure of social,historical and political ideas and events that conceals and reveal… (MORE)
In Literary Devices and Figures of Speech

How is Anthem an allegory?

I'd say the easiest way to understand it as an allegory is to go ahead and make the direct correlations between it and Plato's Allegory of the Cave. In both cases we have a pr… (MORE)