sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoHow are analogy and allegory distinct?message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down12
arrow-up133arrow-down1message-squareHow are analogy and allegory distinct?sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squared00phy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoSince I haven’t seen it yet, an analogy describes how a comparison you may not be familiar with relates to one you probably are. For example: lamb is to sheep as puppy is to dog. Or murder is to crows like pack is to wolves.
minus-squaresopularity_fax@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 day agoBy way of right? What pithy phrase might embody allegory in the same way?
minus-squared00phy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-215 hours agoThe poster who mentioned Animal Farm got allegory pretty well. Also, I kind of overdid it. Analogies really just show synonymous relationships. That they can help someone understand a relationship is superfluous.
Since I haven’t seen it yet, an analogy describes how a comparison you may not be familiar with relates to one you probably are. For example: lamb is to sheep as puppy is to dog. Or murder is to crows like pack is to wolves.
By way of right?
What pithy phrase might embody allegory in the same way?
The poster who mentioned Animal Farm got allegory pretty well.
Also, I kind of overdid it. Analogies really just show synonymous relationships. That they can help someone understand a relationship is superfluous.