Q&A: What is the difference between allegory, metaphor and symbolism?
Question by Mr. M: What is the difference between allegory, metaphor and symbolism?
I can’t figure out the difference between allegory, metaphor and symbolism… also, is there a short poem or brief story that can be used to illustrate the idea?
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mataphor: e.g he’s a pig
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An allegory is a story with a moral, or that teaches a lesson of sorts. A metaphor is a comparison not using ‘like’ or ‘as’ (ie. a direct comparison). Symbolism is when something–often an object–represents something else (ie. an idea).
Aesop’s Fables, are, I believe, an oft-used example of allegory. There’s probably symbolism and metaphor in some of them too.
Symbolism could be, for example, when an animal represents a country. Or, in a story, when an object signifies two characters’ devotion to each other.