Whats an example of allegory?

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Say you were reading a story about a husband and wife and the wife's name happens to be Faith!. Now if in the story the husband is questioning his religion and his relationship with his wife is faltering, it is allegorical because his wife's name is symbolic of both his loss in religious belief and loss in "Faith" aka his wife!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

basically something that represents something broader!.

for example, George Orwell's Animal Farm is a historical allegory of the Cold War/Bolshevik Revolution in Soviet Union!.
The book is actually about animals rebelling against the farmers, but then the pig leader abuses his power and manipulates the rest of the animals, just like how Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union in real life!.

Get it!? mostly every character and event in the book represents something else!.!.!.usually to poke fun at reality or teach a moral lessonWww@QuestionHome@Com

an example of allegory is like a fable!. What happens is a figurative, spiritual, or abstract meaning is drawn from something concrete!. Take for instance the fable of the fox and the stork!. In the fable the fox invites the stork over for dinner, but only has a flat-type bowl in which he can lap up with liquid, but the stork cannot because of it's beak!. In return the stork invites the fox over for dinner and has soup in a long vase-like bowl, the fox cannot eat because it doesnt have a long beak, like the stork!. Now allegory comes to play because in actuality the stork cannot eat from a flat plate and the fox cannot eat from a vase-like bowl, but a moral is derived from the concrete evidence!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Allegory is like a symbol and it is a form of metaphor, but unlike a symbol, an allegory does not change; its meaning remains the same!. Although they are often used within literature to depict a hidden meaning, allegories represent the same meaning to all of the readers, and because of this sometimes are often hard to identify!. Authors often use allegories to present a moral to the reader, or discuss issues that would normally be hard to write about because of its content!.
An example of an allegory, “The Jabberwocky […] is an allegory for all the dragons and dangerous beasts who lie in the way of the virtuous young hero”, [!.!.!.] in Lewis Carroll’s poem, “Jabberwocky” (Carroll 551)!.
"Beware the Jabberwock my son! / The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! / Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun / The frumious Bandersnatch!” / […!.] And, as in uffish though he stood, / The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, / Came whiffiling through the tulgey wood, / And Burbled as it came" (Carroll 551)!.
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Greek mythology is full of allegories!.
For example Psyche never saw the face of her fiance Eros!.
That's for soul and love!.
And that's mean that even if we never get to understand love
(how it works and why we love a spesific person and not another!.)
our soul keep seeking it!.

Basicaly the way of telling something but talking about something else! :Pp
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heres an example hope it helps!

http://rhetoric!.byu!.edu/Figures/A/allego!.!.!.

so basically its an extended metaphoreWww@QuestionHome@Com

animal farm by george orwell!. Pigrim's progress!. some of aesop's fables!.
metamorphosis by kafka (some would argue with me)Www@QuestionHome@Com

it's when you write one thing to symbolize another

check out allegory of the cave by platoWww@QuestionHome@Com

Dr!. Jeckle and Mr!. Hyde

its a clash of good and evil right!.!.!?Www@QuestionHome@Com