allegory

alegoría

Relato o imagen cuyos personajes y acontecimientos representan ideas sobre la vida real.

En inglés sencillo: A story or picture whose people and events represent ideas about real life.

• The story is an allegory.
• Each animal in this political allegory represents a different social group.
• She read the painting as an allegory of hope.

Cómo se usa: allegory of something (The story is an allegory of human greed.); allegory for something (The journey serves as an allegory for growing up.)

Expresiones frecuentes: political allegory, religious allegory, allegory of something