To start, let’s look at the definition(s): Allegory:Ī 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 (CED)Ī story or painting in which the characters, images, and/or events act as symbols. biblical allegories) definitely knew a thing or two about what would appeal and convert. Whoever decided that the Bible would be a compendium of parables (i.e. Counterintuitive as it may sound, then, most people – secular and religious alike – crave some sort of moral or spiritual guidance in written form, whether it be delivered through fiction or scripture.
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