allegorical device
C30439
concept
An allegorical device is a narrative element—such as a character, object, or event—that symbolically represents abstract ideas or moral concepts beyond its literal meaning.
Observed surface forms (5)
- allegorical deity ×2
- allegorical animal ×1
- allegorical life stage ×1
- allegorical passage ×1
- artistic device ×1
Instances (7)
- pentangle
- Goddess Fame via concept surface "allegorical deity"
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parable of the madman
via concept surface "allegorical passage"
surface form: Parable of the Madman
- Tammany tiger via concept surface "allegorical animal"
- ambiguous horizons via concept surface "artistic device"
- Age IV via concept surface "allegorical life stage"
- Fides Publica Populi Romani via concept surface "allegorical deity"