Allegory
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📝 Quick Definition
A story with a hidden symbolic meaning
📚 Detailed Explanation
An allegory is a narrative in which characters, settings, and events represent abstract ideas or moral qualities. The surface story conveys a deeper, often moral or political, meaning.
💡 Example
Animal Farm (allegory for Russian Revolution), The Crucible (allegory for McCarthyism).
⚠️ Common Mistake/Confusion
Entire work has symbolic meaning—broader than just using symbols.
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📌 Notes/Source
Often used to comment on political or social issues.