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The etymological meaning of the word is broader than the common use of the [[word]]. Though it is similar to other rhetorical comparisons, an allegory is sustained longer and more fully in its details than a [[metaphor]], and appeals to [[imagination]], while an [[analogy]] appeals to [[reason]] or [[logic]]. The fable or parable is a short allegory with one definite [[moral]].

The etymological meaning of the word is broader than the common use of the [[word]]. Though it is similar to other rhetorical comparisons, an allegory is sustained longer and more fully in its details than a [[metaphor]], and appeals to [[imagination]], while an [[analogy]] appeals to [[reason]] or [[logic]]. The fable or parable is a short allegory with one definite [[moral]].

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Frye Northrop Frye] discussed what he termed a "continuum of allegory", ranging from what he termed the "naive allegory" of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faerie_Queene The Faerie Queene], to the more [[private]] allegories of modern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_(literature) paradox literature]. In this [[perspective]], the characters in a "naive" allegory are not fully three-[[dimension]]al, for each aspect of their individual personalities and the events that befall them embodies some moral [[quality]] or other abstraction; the allegory has been selected first, and the details merely flesh it out.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory]

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Frye Northrop Frye] discussed what he termed a "continuum of allegory", ranging from what he termed the "naive allegory" of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faerie_Queene The Faerie Queene], to the more [[private]] allegories of modern [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_(literature) paradox literature]. In this [[perspective]], the characters in a "naive" allegory are not fully three-[[dimension]]al, for each aspect of their individual personalities and the events that befall them embodies some moral [[quality]] or other abstraction; the allegory has been selected first, and the details merely flesh it out.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory]

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