Definition:
An allegory is a short moral story. It is also a figurative sentence or discourse.
Writers use the allegory to present abstract ideas through concrete means--in the narrative form of prose, verse, or drama. Allegories usually fall into one of two categories: the political/historical allegory, and the allegory of abstract themes. In the later category, characters tend to represent traits like "Hope," "Hate," "Malice," etc.
An allegory is a short moral story. It is also a figurative sentence or discourse.
Writers use the allegory to present abstract ideas through concrete means--in the narrative form of prose, verse, or drama. Allegories usually fall into one of two categories: the political/historical allegory, and the allegory of abstract themes. In the later category, characters tend to represent traits like "Hope," "Hate," "Malice," etc.
Pronunciation:
AL-eh-GOR-ee
AL-eh-GOR-ee
Examples:
Examples of allegories include: John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (1678), Dante's The Divine Comedy, William Langland's Piers Plowman, William Golding's Lord of the Flies, and Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queene" (1590-1596).
