An allegory is a story poem or artwork in which characters, events or settings symbolically represent abstract ideas, moral qualities, political systems or spiritual concepts. The surface story is often a metaphor for a deeper often hidden meaning.
An example is the story Animal Farm which reads on the surface as a recounting of some animals rebelling against their human farmer on a farm, but symbolically, it is a critique of the Russian Revolution and the rise of totalitarianism under Stalin.
So there you go! Now go ahead and use allegory in your CXC prep/ CSEC prep.
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