Example Allegory?
well here are some examples of allegory………… Definition: Extending a metaphor through an entire speech or passage so that objects, persons, and actions in the text are equated with meanings that lie outside the text. The most famous allegory in English is John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress (1678), an allegory of Christian salvation represented by the varied experiences of its Everyman hero, Christian. Adjective: allegorical. Etymology: From the Greek, “to speak so as to imply something other” Example: “And now, I said, let me show in a figure how far our nature is enlightened or unenlightened: Behold! human beings living in an underground cave, which has a mouth open towards the light and reaching all along the cave; here they have been from their childhood, and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot move, and can only see before them, being prevented by the chains from turning round their heads. Above and behind them a fire is blazing at a distance, and between the
Definition of allegory: Extending a metaphor through an entire speech or passage so that objects, persons, and actions in the text are equated with meanings that lie outside the text. Etymology: From the Greek, “to speak so as to imply something other” there is an example allegory at this link: http://grammar.about.com/od/terms/g/alle…
