Allegory

for food and build shelters for themselves. An allegory is a symbolic fictional narrative that conveys a meaning not explicitly set forth in the narrative, (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica). Allegory, which encompasses such forms as fable, parable, and apologue, may have meaning on two or more levels that the reader can understand only through an interpretive process, (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica). There are many examples of allegories within the novel such as the island. The…

The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe follows numerous traditions of Gothic fiction and can be analyzed as an allegory demonstrating the inevitability of death. Prince Prospero is the main character of this short story and seeks a solution to the plague of the Red Death that is consuming his people at a rapid pace. In a hurry to escape the disease, he brings along those who have not been infected and settles in a castellated abbey. For fear of any form of disease to enter the castle,…

that “the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay.” (Page 452). In conclusion of the story, the clock goes out hand in hand with everyone’s life, supporting the underlying message of the story. The use of the clock as an allegory for the passage of life itself assists in bringing out the dark theme of the…

artists portrayed self-portraits that alluded to a strong sense of feminism once again. First, Artemisia Gentileschi portrays herself in Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (1630s). Note, this a very different approach because Gentileschi not only shows herself painting, but also shows herself as the very allegory of painting. An allegory can be defined as a figure that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, and acts like a personification. In this instance, Gentileschi displays…

the major themes, good vs. evil, can be closely tied to the religious allegory and the struggle between good and evil within the war. Religion also plays a major role in the novel because many characters and objects can be thought of as symbols for it. Through Golding’s work the theme of good vs. evil, shown through Jack and Ralph, Simon and LOTF and flies and butterflies, supports the Lord of the Flies as a religious allegory. Ralph and Jack’s constant conflict throughout the novel can be…

people in the castle attempted to escape, but they were proven wrong in the end. Poe’s brilliant use of suspense and his ability to strike fear into his readers has made it one of my favorite short stories Edgar Allan Poe used symbolism,irony, and allegories to produce one of the most excellent works of literary brilliance that I‘ve ever read. First of all, Poe’s use of symbolism helped make the story a true…

Lord of The Flies by William Golding is an allegory of civilization and how human nature can easily corrupt what may seem like a perfect society. The protagonist of the novel, Ralph, immediately takes charge of a group of boys whose plane crashes onto an island. His innocence to the dynamics of a community symbolizes the belief that human nature is to be civilized. This completes the theme of the novel which is that civilization is compromised by the savagery of human nature. Ralph’s symbolic…

examine the poem, Pandora from Hesiod’s Theogony (Theogony 573 – 620, translated in Trzaskoma et al., 2004), and the many hidden meanings and messages within. The two theories that will be referred to explain the excerpt are Allegory (Moral) and Structuralism. Although Allegory has become obsolete while Structuralism remains in use (Dowden, 1992, pg. 17 – 24), both theories offer copious explanations for Hesiod’s Theogony, thus I will argue that Structuralism…

different from what some may think. While reading this story I noticed three literary devices being used. This story may contain more than three literary terms but the three I noticed being used were an allegory, allusion, and irony. The first literary device I noticed being used was an allegory. An allegory is a story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation. The reason I say this because as I read the story…

Nathanial Hawthorne was an author that was famous for writing tales using the setting of early America to express moral values and point out hypocrisy. During his life in the early to mid-nineteenth century, Hawthorne penned nine novels and various short story collections, with one of his most famous short stories being “Young Goodman Brown.” Set during the Salem Witch Trials, “Young Goodman Brown” tells of a man who encounters the devil in the forest, but does not wish to succumb to evil…