Allegory
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, pronounced AL uh gawr ee, is a story with more than one meaning.
Most allegories have moral or religious meanings. Famous allegories
include the fables attributed to Aesop, an ancient Greek writer. Aesop's
fables seem to describe the adventures of animals and human beings. But
the author actua ....
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.... tells of a man's journey to heaven
through hell and purgatory. Allegorically, the poem describes a Christian
soul rising from a state of sin to a state of blessedness. Other
allegories include the parables of Jesus, and The Faerie Queene, written by
the English poet Edmund Spenser in the late 1500's.
Allegories lost popularity in Europe after about 1600, but some, such as
Pilgrim's Progress (1678, 1684) gained recognition in later times.
Allegory also exists in other ways. Many novels inclu ....
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