An allegorical story is one that is written in a symbolic or figurative way. When you read an allegorical story, you are not actually supposed to understand the meaning of the story.
The story is allegorical, which means that the characters are not actually real.
The story is about a journey, and the characters are allegorical representations of different parts of the journey.
adjective
used in or characteristic of or containing allegory
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Or that it's allegorical, and not polemic.
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But it's representation is allegoric.
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And as such, is an allegorical myth.
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Narrative and allegorical works.
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It is no longer allegorical but realistic.
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The theory of the allegorical Sagas.
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There is the literal, the allegorical, the anagogical, and the... the...
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He viewed the devil as allegorical.
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Not that the whole was necessarily allegorical or untrue.
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It is in fact an allegorical journey of the heart.