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Questions related to allegories, i.e. a type of text in which a metaphor is extended throughout the entire narrative. Examples include the cave allegory in Book VII of Plato's Republic, and Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene, in which the several knights stand for different virtues.
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What is the difference between a 'metaphor' and an 'allegory'?
An allegory is an extended metaphor. A metaphor might have one point of commonality between the story and reality; the allegory might have many. … Allegory can be said to be an extended metaphor. Allegory is a comparison on a deeper note. …
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