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allegory

2 definitions • 2 examples
1
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:

Examples:

The play can be read as allegory.
Augustine's "City of God" is an allegory of the triumph of Good over Evil.
2
a story, play, poem, picture, or other work in which the characters and events represent particular moral, religious, or political qualities or ideas

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