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 underlying meaning has moral, social, religious, or political significance, and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas as charity, greed, or envy.
Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning.
Examples
In illustrations, allegorical figures such as the Grim Reaper and Blind Justice represent the concepts of death and law, respectively.
In literature, a classic example is Herman Melville's Moby Dick, where the sea and the whale, and Ahab's actions, all represent elements of life and human behavior.
Allegory is a noun.
The plural of allegory is allegories.
Allegory is a type of symbolism
it's an allegory
prose allegory is to represent something in another manner
The story is an allegory for man's struggle with nature.
Sandro Botticelli painted the Allegory of Spring
An allegory is a metaphor extended to the length of a story.
Some thought-provoking questions about Plato's allegory of the cave include: What does the allegory suggest about the nature of reality and perception? How does the concept of enlightenment or education relate to the allegory? In what ways does the allegory comment on the role of knowledge and ignorance in society? How might the allegory be applied to contemporary issues or situations?
Time flew by...The Faerie Queen is an allegory for the Bible
Time flew by...The Faerie Queen is an allegory for the Bible
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