Which statement correctly identifies the significance and appeal of an allegory?
a
an allegory's symbolic characters reveal something true about life to the reader.

b
an allegory provides a hero and an exciting journey or quest with a happy ending.

c
an allegory's animal characters are humorous and provide an important moral.

d
an allegory, written in verse, teaches a lesson through a series of tragic plot twists.

An allegory's symbolic characters reveal something true about life to the reader is the statement which correctly identifies the significance and appeal of an allegory.

Option A

Explanation:

Allegory is used in stories by authors to teach moral lessons. It contains ideas and principles that are described by figures, characters and events in a prose or poetry. It is basically a figure of Speech. It shows how the author’s think and view the world in their perspective.

It allows the author to represent a moral through their way of writing and describing things around them. It is a device which creates more impact and meaning to each character than what it refers actually. It is actually a story that would reflect the truth about the world in Author’s perspective.

b. and i with my fighting heart, i thought at

first / to steal up to him [the cyclops].   the cyclops’ actions first odysseus to take

action after killing his men and trapping in the cave revealed his intent of

doing them harm.   that is why odysseus

blinded him to enable him and his men to escape.