fable, parable, allegory, myth
- fable, parable, allegory, myth
Fables and parables are both stories intended to have instructional value. They differ in that parables are always concerned with religious or ethical themes, while fables are usually concerned with more practical considerations (and frequently have animals as the characters). An allegory is an extended metaphor-that is, a narrative in which the principal characters represent things that are not explicitly stated. OrwelTs Animal Farm is an allegory. Myths originally were stories designed to explain some belief or phenomenon, usually the exploits of superhuman beings. Today the word can signify any popular misconception or invented story.
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fable, parable, allegory, myth — Fables and parables are both stories intended to have instructional value. They differ in that parables are always concerned with religious or ethical themes, while fables are usually concerned with more practical considerations (and… … Dictionary of troublesome word
fable, parable, allegory, myth — Fables and parables are both stories intended to have instructional value. They differ in that parables are always concerned with religious or ethical themes, while fables are usually concerned with more practical considerations (and… … Dictionary of troublesome word
fable, parable, allegory, myth — Fables and parables are both stories intended to have instructional value. They differ in that parables are always concerned with religious or ethical themes, while fables are usually concerned with more practical considerations (and… … Dictionary of troublesome word
fable, parable, and allegory — Introduction any form of imaginative literature (allegory) or spoken utterance constructed in such a way that readers or listeners are encouraged to look for meanings hidden beneath the literal surface of the fiction. A story (rhetoric) is… … Universalium
fable — , parable, allegory, myth Fables and parables are both stories intended to have instructional value. They differ in that parables are always concerned with religious or ethical themes, while fables are usually concerned with more practical… … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
parable — *allegory, myth, fable … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fable — noun Syn: parable, allegory, myth, legend, story … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
allegory — [n] indirect representation, storytelling apologue, emblem, fable, figuration, moral, myth, parable, story, symbol, symbolism, symbolization, tale, typification; concept 282 … New thesaurus
fable — 1 *fiction, fabrication, figment 2 myth, parable, *allegory … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. parable, allegory, moral tale; apologue; myth, legend, fiction. See description, falsehood, figurative. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. allegory, tale, parable; see story . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n.… … English dictionary for students
