allegory
Example Sentences
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Shakespeare’s play and its title character can be viewed from many perspectives, and one positive aspect of Tata’s production is that it doesn’t turn the play into a lead-footed contemporary political allegory.
Although a careful reader will notice parallels between the real and imagined worlds, these authors—especially Tolkien—insisted that their stories weren’t simple allegory.
It seems, unavoidably, to read as an allegory about artificial intelligence.
Fuller demonstrates a strong command over his visual domain but the pat allegory he presents about the monsters with whom we have to learn to live feels a bit muddled.
From Los Angeles Times
Shelley’s science-fiction tragedy works as an allegory for the perils of everything from artificial intelligence to biotechnology.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
