beast fable

noun

Definition of beast fablenext
as in allegory

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  1. allegory
  2. parable
  3. morality play
  4. bestiary
Noun
  • Hot Frosty is an allegory for the life of Jesus as told through the prism of a perpetually damp and sleeveless guy who used to be on Schitt’s Creek and Lacey Chabert.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The pic, currently in pre-production, is described as an allegory for the gun crisis in the U.S. Rohit Karn Batra directs.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2024
Definition of allegory
Noun
  • The riffs and ribbing were still there, as were the parables about fame and celebrity as corruptive, murder-inspiring forces.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
  • This approach, which was known as neoclassical economics, struck Harris as an unrealistic parable that didn’t reflect the real world.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of parable
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  • The Tudor drama morphs into a morality play via Sir Thomas More, beheaded by Henry in 1535 for refusing to recognize him as supreme head of the Church of England.
    Elle Carroll, Vulture, 18 June 2024
  • Playground By Richard Powers Playground seems on the surface to belong in the first group—the flat-character morality plays that have come to define Powers’s later career.
    Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of morality play
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  • In the bestiary, the animals representing the sins were related to animals that existed.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
  • That creature, in turn, can be traced back to medieval bestiaries as a type of whale called aspidochelone, first mentioned in a 2nd-century CE Alexandrian manuscript called the Physiologus.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2023
Definition of bestiary
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