allegory
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By presenting Satan's fall as a violent physical event instead of a purely spiritual allegory or optical illusion, Dante may have helped move Western thought toward the idea that celestial objects can directly reshape Earth.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
Directed by Andy Serkis with a screenplay from Nicholas Stoller, “Animal Farm” reduces Orwell’s already simplistic allegory to a shadow of its former self.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
Sergei Loznitsa’s “Two Prosecutors” works on two levels, as historical realism and as Kafkaesque allegory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
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
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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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 3
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