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Allegory

Allegory. digging deeper into the story. What is Allegory? . An allegory is a story with 2 levels of meaning. The first level is the surface meaning: plot, characters, setting, etc. The second level is the symbolic meaning, deeper meaning of the surface-level elements.

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Allegory

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  1. Allegory digging deeper into the story

  2. What is Allegory? • An allegory is a story with 2 levels of meaning. • The first level is the surface meaning: plot, characters, setting, etc. • The second level is the symbolic meaning, deeper meaning of the surface-level elements. • An allegory is similar to a giant metaphor, which can be political, historical, philosophical, etc.

  3. Key Words: audience rhetoric metaphor symbol theme imagery

  4. Examples: We’re going to look at 2 major examples of allegory related to World War II: JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and Dr. Seuss’ Yertle the Turtle. But first, some background on WWII...

  5. Harry Potter as an allegory of WWII

  6. Lord Voldemort/Adolf Hitler • Orphaned • History of disappointment (Hogwarts/Art School) • “Half Blood” (Part Muggle/Part Jewish) • Obsession with blood purity (Anti-Muggle/Anti-Semitic)

  7. Deatheaters/Nazi Soldiers

  8. Albus Dumbledore/Winston Churchill • Authority figures • had alarmist views and were shunned by the public for them (warning of Voldemort’s return/warning of Hitler’s power)

  9. Rita Skeeter & the Daily Prophet/War Propaganda

  10. Dr. Seuss

  11. Dr. Seuss’ Yertle the Turtle

  12. Can you see Dr. Seuss’ story as an allegory of WW2? • What symbols or metaphors do you see? • Could Yertle the Turtle be an allegory of something else?

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