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    Lord of The Flies is an allegory written by the author William Golding. The narrative is about a group of boys who are stranded on an island after a traumatic crash. The longer they are on the island their inner “beast” start to come out. As their small civilization slowly comes apart a show of true character becomes the basis of everyday life. An allegory is a story in which there are truly two stories each full of symbols. In an allegory the first story is full of literal elements. The second narrative

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    landed on a deserted island during what was assumed to be World War II. The kids have to figure out on their own how to live without complete chaos. Meaning they had to start over, and create their own new society. The novel was full of psychological allegory. Mainly pertaining to Sigmund Freud’s theory of personality, id, ego, and superego. Throughout the novel, there are many suggestions of this theory. The three personalities are represented by the three main characters: Jack, Ralph, and Piggy. Jack

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    Mythological Allegory For the purpose of this paper, I have joined the terms, mythology and allegory. Mythology refers to the collected stories of a people group, which explains the group’s character, history, and customs.8 Allegories are rhetorical devices that communicate hidden meanings through symbolic figures, actions, imagery, or events. The use of allegory often conveys a moral, spiritual, or political meaning. Together, these terms identify the process of using allegory to communicate

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    The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines an allegory as the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence. The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, is allegorical through its use of symbolic figures and actions. Take Santiago, for instance. Santiago represents the pursuit of one’s Personal Legend—he represents the generalization that humanity’s collective goal is to fulfill their Personal Legends. King Melchizedek symbolizes the catalyst in

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    An allegory is defined as a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures, and events. It is generally employed in literature and poetry with a purpose of teaching or explaining an idea. Sociology focuses on the study of human behavior and social relationships. An anomaly that influences such behavior and relationships is called “Plato’s Cave”, and introduces an entire new philosophical way of thinking. The Allegory of the Cave, also titled

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    Symbolism isn’t universal- you will see various elements from your own unique perspective. You must be able to support your interpretations with the text! An allegory is comprised of a series of symbols that individually represent various ideas Allegories always strive to convey ONE PARTICULAR message. ALL readers are supposed to interpret allegories the same way As you like it - The poems that Orlando nails to the trees of Ardenne represent his love for Rosalind Frankenstein - light=enlightenment;

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    The Allegory of the Cave

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    Introduction: An allegory is a kind of story in which writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface story. One of the most important allegories ever to be gifted to humankind is Allegory of the Cave. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is one of the most potent and pregnant of allegories that describe human condition in both its fallen and risen states. The Allegory of the Cave is Plato's explanation of the education of the soul toward enlightenment. It is also known as the Analogy of

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    An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that possesses disguised moral or political meaning. The Lord of the Flies, a dystopian novel by William Golding, is one such example of an allegory. In the Lord of the Flies, several boys crashland on a tropical island, and after prolonged exposure to the island’s environment, they descend into vivid savagery. They experience a new life of survival and desperation as they face the most primal human behaviors once covered by the blanket of civilization. By

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    Goodman Brown Allegory

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    Symbol, Allegory, and Myth: “Young Goodman Brown” Having dreams is an extraordinary phenomenon that has intrigued the human race. What if your dream would make you doubt your life choices and religion? In the story of “Young Goodman Brown” Goodman Brown experiences an outlandish dream where he sees multiple people who have an impact in his life. A tremendous component in his dream are the small items that mean more than what they are, which are important symbols. In the perplexing story of Nathaniel

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    Red Death Allegory

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    The Masque Of The Red Death is an allegory that explains that people are sometimes greedy and selfish. The first symbol is the seven rooms. I think that is a symbol because each room has a different color and has very different decor. The rooms start out as blue, purple, green, violet, white, and the last is blood red. I think that the rooms symbolize the different stages in which you go through when you die. In the story nobody wants to enter the last room because it reminds them of the Red Death

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