Language devices- Allegory
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- Created on: 11-11-16 19:10
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- Allagory
- a story, poem, or picture which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one
- a story, play, poem, picture, or other work in which the characters and events represent particular qualities or ideas that relate to morals, religion, or politics:
- Augustine's "City of God" is an allegory of the triumph of Good over Evil.
- Faith is like a stony uphill climb: a single stumble might send you sprawling but belief and steadfastness will see you to the very top.
- An allegory is a symbolism device where the meaning of a greater, often abstract, concept is conveyed with the aid of a more corporeal object or idea being used as an example. Usually a rhetoric device, an allegory suggests a meaning via metaphoric examples.
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is a religious allegory with Aslan as Christ and Edmund as Judas.
- The Lord of the Flies by William Golding has many allegories about society, morality and religion, to name a few
- Animal Farm by George Orwell is a political allegory of events in Russia and Communism.
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