allegorical characters
Embodied abstract concepts
Allegorical characters are figures in literature, art, or drama who represent abstract ideas rather than functioning as realistic individuals.
In Bunyan's *Pilgrim's Progress*, characters named Christian, Hopeful, and Giant Despair embody the qualities their names suggest.
Such characters appear in medieval morality plays, political cartoons, and works like Orwell's *Animal Farm*, where animals stand for types of people or political forces.
The technique allows writers to explore complex ideas through personification.
- protagonistStory's central figure
- fableMoral tale with animals
- personificationAttributing humanity to non-humans
- justiceFair treatment under law
- blind justiceFair treatment regardless of status
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Significant people from the past
real people · character studies · individuals · flat characters
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