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Allegory

The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form.

An art form, as a story, painting, or sculpture, in which the components have a symbolic, figurative meaning.

A visible symbol representing an abstract idea,

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