| Front | allegory |
|---|---|
| Back | A narrative in which the literal events (persons, places, & things) consistently point to a parallel sequence of symbolic ideas; often used to dramatize abstract ideas, historical events, religious systems, or political issues (i.e. the character Faith in Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown") |
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