Allegory of the CaveThemes?

Getting a message across to mean something other than the literal definition.

An Allegory is a form of extended metaphor, in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative, are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has...

Allegory is the painting by the Italian Renaissance master Filippi Lippi, executed around 1498

The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form.

an allegory is an object in a work of literature that symbolizes something. for example, the apple as shown on the front cover, represents the forbidden fruit. hope this helps =]