Literary Terms Allegory

1. Topic:- Allegory
Paper No:- 11 (Postcolonial Literature)
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Prepard by Rayjada Mitalba Sumitted to Smt.S.B Gardi
Department of English, Maharaja Krushnkumarsinhji
Bhavnagar University.

2. What is Literary Terms:-
• Literary terms refer to the technique, style, and
formatting used by writers and speakers to
masterfully emphasize, embellish, or strengthen
their compositions.
• Literary terms can refer to playful techniques
employed by comedians to make us laugh or witty
tricks wordsmiths use to coin new words or
phrases.

3. What is Allegory:-
Dictionary meaning:-
• A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to
reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political
one.

4. ‘Allegory’ :-
• Come from Greek work “Allegoria” which means
=Veiled Language.
• Allegory is a form of writing usually a story or a
description in which the person , the places, the
object and the event have meaning and implication
beyond the literal meaning.
• The Allegory is comparition Two thing not at same to
each other.who are characters in the story it is a verse
or prose narrative in which characters and events in
the plot refer to deeper, usually moral meaning.

5. Kinds of Allegory:-
1. Fables(animals story)
2. Parables(human beings story)
3. Allegory in Literature
Example of Allegory:-
‘Panchtantra’
‘Plato’s Allegory of cave’
‘Pilgrim Progress’
‘Guliver’s Travels’
‘Animal Farm’

6. Allegory see in Panchtantra:-
• In Panchtantra story the story of
animals but animals throw give
moral massage for Human Beings.
• In see Two type of people :-
1. Hardworker
2. Another believe luck.

7. ‘Plato’s Allegory of Cave‘:-
In see story related two thing fire and
people.
Give moral message of different between
reality or imagery world.

8. ‘Pilgrim Progress’:-
This novel in main character Christian . Christian
journey show in novel and he meet many
characters like good or bad.
Moral of the story is life , journey birth to heaven.
Story from Allegory show satire. Characters
Represent idea or quality in the story ofeten.

9. ‘Guliver’s Travels’ :-
In this novel character Guliver journey in four part.
Guliver’s meet different people . And many moral
message give novel Guliver’s Travels.

10. Another example of Today’s Times:-
Movie ‘Pk’:-
• In movie PK see Allegory , PK
belong in different world and
comeing different world.
• See so many comedy or satire
of religion and other.
• And give so many moral
massage.

11. In second example of todays
times:-
‘Jungle book‘:-
‘Jungle book’ is book or
cartoon both forms. In
character Mowgli is most
important role and this
cartoon give so many moral
message.

12. Conclusion:-
Use Allegory is give really morality of life or not?