What is the difference between an allegory and a fable?

Answer 1

Fables involve talking animals - it is the defining trait of a fable.

Answer 2

There is little difference in these two words, there meaning tell of an imaginary story using fictional characters which has moral in its telling.

An allegory relies heavily on symbolism, where a character will be the embodiment of a particular virtue or person or group of persons. For example the phrase 'justice measures with her eye bound' would be allegorical as it personifies justice and is therefore a symbol.

A fable involves talking animals.

Answer 3

A fable gives a moral of the story. fairytales are for entertainment. (and others)

Answer 4

A fairytale is a story from the imagination, and a myth is like a story that was told but is never proved to be true, and a legend is something that's true and will be remembered forever!!

Answer 5

These words have very similar meanings; fable is slightly more formalized than folk tale. Fables are more likely to exist in written form than folk tales are.