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  2. Allegory - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes the meaning of an allegory can be lost, even if art historians suspect that the artwork is an allegory of some kind. [21] Allegory has an ability to freeze the temporality of a story, while infusing it with a spiritual context. Medieval thinking accepted allegory as having a reality underlying any rhetorical or fictional uses. The ...

  3. Stylistic device - Wikipedia

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    An allegory is a story that has a second meaning, usually by endowing characters, objects or events with symbolic significance. The entire story functions symbolically; often a pattern relates each literal item to a corresponding abstract idea or principle.

  4. Personification - Wikipedia

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    Ariel between Wisdom and Gaiety with the Latin inscription obsculta, a word that doesn't mean just 'listen', but also 'obey' by Eric Gill, Broadcasting House, 1932. Around 300 BC, Demetrius of Phalerum is the first writer on rhetoric to describe prosopopoeia, which was already a well-established device in rhetoric and literature, from Homer ...

  5. Category:Allegory - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to allegory, a narrative in which a character, place, or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences. Authors have used allegory throughout history in all forms of art to illustrate or convey complex ideas and concepts in ways that are comprehensible or striking to its viewers, readers, or listeners.

  6. Ship of fools - Wikipedia

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    The allegory is intended to represent the problems of governance prevailing in a political system not based on expert knowledge. Images of the ship became popular, especially in German-speaking lands, especially after the publication of Sebastian Brant 's satirical book Ship of Fools (1494), which served as the inspiration for Hieronymus Bosch ...

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  8. Albatross (metaphor) - Wikipedia

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    Swedish DJ AronChupa has a song titled "I'm an Albatraoz" which contrasts the attributed personalities of a mouse and an albatross as an allegory of personal growth and female empowerment. South Korean boy group B.A.P have a song titled "Albatross" on their 5th EP Carnival. Bert Weedon has a song called "Albatross".

  9. Figure of speech - Wikipedia

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    A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is a word or phrase that intentionally deviates from straightforward language use or literal meaning to produce a rhetorical or intensified effect (emotionally, aesthetically, intellectually, etc.).