2011年5月11日 · Allegory is where a story is symbolizing a particular event in real life. For example, Tolkien was often stressed that people considered the Lord of the Rings as one big allegory for World War II. He preferred applicability, the ability of a work to have different meanings to different readers and various times.

2020年6月23日 · This is the IDEAL place for an allegory. In a novel I just finished, I had to basically explain what market share is in the business world, and why the villain in my novel acted as he did. Its a complex topic, yet I explained the concept easily between my main character, and his love interest in one line of realistic dialog via the use of an ...

2016年8月10日 · I think if you want your story to be an allegory for Israel / Palestine specifically you would need to include its formation. There are so many conflicts worldwide, especially if we're looking over a couple of centuries, based on land and religion disputes I'm not sure it would be clear which countries you were alluding to otherwise.

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2015年6月23日 · I haven't been excited to write anything for ten years. This one will be quite philosophical allegory and I'm planning on leaving the protagonist unnamed. Is that the type of story that would benefit from an unnamed protagonist. What are some hints on how to show your protagonist's gender without a forced "gender drop" so to speak.

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2020年7月21日 · 1). Richard Adams famously denied the common allegorical attributions to the story, placing Hazel oftentimes as Jesus Christ, or General Woundwort as Stalin in the allegory of communism. His daughters revealed that he outright called …

2015年7月15日 · It is an allegory-riddled work of literary fiction, which deals with many social issues, from chauvinism to racism. The main character, the pilot, suffers from a highly addictive personality. He has a drinking problem, gamebles like a degenerate, and is forever drowning in a sea of meaningless women.

2017年7月9日 · These four knights are actaully an Allegory for the different stages of life. Morning-Star: Birth Sun: Your prime. Evening-star: Your Twilight years. Night: Death. But how do we know this is an Allegory? A couple ways. Each of the knight's shields are show different levels of use. Morning-star's shield is plain. Sun's shield is decorated.

2017年4月16日 · Welcome to part 7 on Clive Barker's work. Today we will be looking at story # 6 in Books of Blood: In the Hills, the Cities. This story is a personal favorite of mine, and often when I critique people on story structure, I reference this short...