allegory

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One could read the entire scripture — both the Old and New Testaments — as an allegory for humanity’s penchant for payback, and God’s many warnings against it.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

On a deeper level Ms. Hickson’s tale is an allegory of how the age of device-driven distraction—and celebrity worship—can damage real human relationships.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

By presenting Satan's fall as a violent physical event instead of a purely spiritual allegory or optical illusion, Dante may have helped move Western thought toward the idea that celestial objects can directly reshape Earth.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

But the director, who wrote his adaptation in collaboration with Philippe Piazzo, also isn’t content with mere novelistic faithfulness to an author whose traces of colonial allegory in “The Stranger” have often been found problematic.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

The painting is a personal statement, an allegory, and it is also a glimpse into the future.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman