Allegory is a noun.
They are not the same.
The setting
An allegory is a literary device and an extended metaphor with analogous meaning in perception or abstractions in social,historical or political ideas/events to conceal or reveal a criticism.Metaphor is comparison by identification or substitution two unlike objects/ideas used one for the other.
a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaningthrough concrete or material forms; figurative treatmentof one subject under the guise of another.
The plural of allegory is allegories.
Allegory is a noun.
Allegory is a type of symbolism
it's an allegory
An allegory is a metaphor extended to the length of a story.
Sandro Botticelli painted the Allegory of Spring
prose allegory is to represent something in another manner
The story is an allegory for man's struggle with nature.
Time flew by...The Faerie Queen is an allegory for the Bible
Time flew by...The Faerie Queen is an allegory for the Bible
Allegory
An IRA sniper, an old lady, a machinegun operator, and a Free State sniper.