1. Allegory
BY SEVILAY SHAKIR
ALLEGORIES PLURAL/ ALLEGORICAL - ADJ
AL'IG/E/RI
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Allegory; from the Greek word Allegoria - A story (prose, play or poem) that can be interpreted
to reveal a hidden meaning typically a moral or political one
2. When we think of an Allegory we can think
of an optical illusion as an example.
There are two dimensions to an allegory;
The surface and the deeper level meaning.
On the surface these are flowers but they
have a deeper meaning and can depict
connotations such as a female face/ the
feminine/ beauty/innocence.
Allegory is achieved through the use of
personification/ metaphor and symbology
throughout a text.
SYNONYMS: PARABLE/ ANALOGY/METAPHOR.
SYMBOL/ EMBLEM
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3. WHERE MORE IN MEANT THAT MEETS THE EYE OR THE EAR IE.
WHICH CARRIES A SECOD MEANING OF A SURFACE STORY
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We can also depict an
allegory through an iceberg
where there is a surface
story but also a hidden
deeper meaning... Usually
a moral or symbolic
message...
Also, note that the hidden
message just like the
bottom of a iceberg is
more vast.
THE ICEBERG
4. ALLEGORY
symbolisimvsallegory
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When we think of symbology as opposed to
allegory we can think of symbology as the
bricks of an entire wall. Whereas the wall in
ints entirety. Symbology is smaller co
mponents and the meanings can alter.
A L L E G O R Y I S T H E
E N T I R E N A R R A T I V E O R
S T O R Y ( T H E W A L L )
S Y M B O L O G Y A R E T H E
B R I C K S
symbol
Allegory
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EXAMPLES
ANIMAL FARM
.
Are the Seven Commandments the same as they used to be, Benjamin?”
For once Benjamin consented to break his rule, and he read out to her what was
written on the wall. There was nothing there now except a single Commandment.
It ran:
ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS
After that it did not seem strange when next day the pigs who were supervising
the work of the farm all carried whips in their trotters. It did not seem strange to
learn that the pigs had bought themselves a wireless set, were arranging to
install a telephone, and had taken out subscriptions to ‘John Bull’, ‘Tit-Bits’, and
the ‘Daily Mirror’. It did not seem strange when Napoleon was seen strolling in
the farmhouse garden with a pipe in his mouth — no, not even when the pigs took
Mr. Jones’s clothes out of the wardrobes and put them on, Napoleon himself
appearing in a black coat, ratcatcher breeches, and leather leggings, while his
favourite sow appeared in the watered silk dress which Mrs. Jones had been used
to wearing on Sundays.
animal farm is a very good example of allegory
6. ANIMAL FARM- GEORGE
ORWELL
Animal Farm is an allegory where the story is a direct allegory
of the Russian Revolt of 1917 and the communist revolution
of Russia. Animalism is really communism. The characters
depict influential leaders from the revolution under different
guises. For example Mr Jones in the Russian Czar. Old Major
stands for Karl Marx or Vladimir Lenin. and the pig named
Snowball represents the intellectual revolutionary Leon
Trotsky. Napoleon stands for the dictator Stalin and his dogs
represent his secret police. The prose exposes George
Orwell's opinions on socialism and corruptions in politics;
especially in the famous quote taken from Animal Farm " All
animals are equal but some are more equal than others"
7. THE FAERIE QUEEN VOLUMES
Another famous allegory is the series of
poems written by Edmund Spencer in which
a fantasy world depicts morales such as good
vs evil, truth vs deception. Or Holiness and
Chastity. It also questions religious or
dogmatic beliefs; especially in regards to
christianity.
