allegory
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- noun
- /ˈælɪɡəri/
- Literature
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alegoría
- "I confess that my story, Closet Land, is an allegory for the struggles of the various underground groups that are resisting the government.
- allegory as a metaphor
- create an allegory
So he's charging Lewis basically with writing allegory for for Christian doctrine.
- So he's charging Lewis basically with writing allegory for for Christian doctrine.
- Their use of allegory and narrative would inspire Freda.
- Should the poem be read as a contemporary allegory of political indifference and public disavowal?
- So when we're taught in college or high school, we're taught the Plato's Republic thing, the allegory of The Cave.
- It gives you an opportunity through allegory to explore things that are going on in culture currently that we're that we're struggling with.
- It is my belief that sanding is kind of an allegory that holds the whole world in it.
- That's a little local allegory for the entire course of Quentin section.
Examples
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And this one in particular is a deep, heartfelt allegory for creativity.
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The imagery was interpreted by nationalist Filipinos as an allegory for the colonial situation in the Philippines.
Academic text (2015) -
But what if we just use this as like an allegory for life?
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And the allegory in that is that the yellow sun is passion.
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You could interpret this story, if you like, as an allegory about the body and soul.
Academic text (1992) -
The entire Bible is mostly myth and allegory with maybe some basis in historical events.
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It's a deep and meaningful allegory about our own messed-up society.
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So when we're taught in college or high school, we're taught the Plato's Republic thing, the allegory of The Cave.
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You ever heard of Plato's “Allegory of the Cave”?
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C. S. Lewis's tale is both a children's adventure story and an allegory of Christian themes.
Synonyms
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5.2
A simple story that teaches a moral lesson
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A short story with animal characters that teaches a moral lesson
A short story that teaches a lesson, often using animals
How Allegorical
Surface Forms
Etymology
Allegory comes from a Greek phrase meaning 'to speak otherwise', from allo 'other' and agoreuein 'to speak'. So an allegory is a story that looks simple on the surface but 'says' a deeper idea through its people and events.