allegory

Example Sentences

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Stripped of animals, allegory and visual pleasure, this account is more plausible, though much darker.

From New York Times

Ben Donenberg, the artistic director and founder of Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, meets “The Tempest” with a 21st century cast in a revival that doesn’t treat the play as allegory.

From Los Angeles Times

The genre is dominated by apocalypse narratives — from “The Day After Tomorrow” to the more recent meteorite satire/allegory “Don’t Look Up” from director Adam McKay.

From Washington Post

An allegory of state surveillance, the piece was dark … but also tragicomic, and Kline, then 35, went from being a presence on the nascent Manhattan Chinatown gallery scene to booking solo museum shows.

From New York Times

If this dents the show’s capitalist allegories a little, it also improves the viewer’s experience of the suspense.

From Washington Post