allegory
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The blues-inflected race allegory has a chance to chase down the most Oscar wins by a single movie, shared at 11 between "Ben-Hur," "Titanic" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King."
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
Look at the many cinematic versions of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”: The 1956 film is a McCarthyism allegory, steeped in the paranoia of the enemy hiding in plain view.
From Salon • Dec. 29, 2025
Shelley’s science-fiction tragedy works as an allegory for the perils of everything from artificial intelligence to biotechnology.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025
The allegory is a tad thick: Humanity rots inside the gates, dignity stands tall outside.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025
The great hero of mythology, Hercules, might be an allegory of Greece herself.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Vocabulary lists containing allegory
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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AP English Lit exam terms
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 3
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