allegory

is joined to another, or to a myth, by a certain interpretation of meaning rather than by structure.

joined to another, or to a myth, by a certain interpretation of meaning rather than by structure.

is not added by critical interpretation alone.

 prompts us to say of any cultural description not 'this represents, or symbolizes, that' but rather, 'this is a (morally charged) story about that'.

The ethnographic text can thus be understood as an allegorical tale: 'Allegory prompts us to say of any cultural description not 'this represents, or symbolizes, that' but rather, 'this is a (morally charged) story about that' ' (Clifford 1986b:100).

An allegory is a piece of garden statuary.

is any tedious film with a plot stolen from the Bible or some other philosophical work.

Allegory Any tedious film with a plot stolen from the Bible or some other philosophical work.

is, in the realm of thought, what ruins are in the realm of things.

Allegories are, in the realm of thought, what ruins are in the realm of things.

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