‘I dislike Allegory – the conscious and intentional allegory – yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language.’ – J. ‘ Into an allegory a man can put only what he already knows in a myth he puts what he does not yet know and could not come by in any other way.’ – C.S. Here are some authors’ views on allegory:
Writing allegory is complex because you have to manage multiple layers of meaning in your story and make sure that each is coherent. An example of this would be the lion in C.S.
For example, each character in a story can be a symbol representing an idea. Allegory is ‘a story… with a second distinct meaning partially hidden behind its literal or visible meaning’ ( Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary terms, 7).
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