what is an example of allegory?

Answer 1

Allegory is like a symbol and it is a form of metaphor, but unlike a symbol, an allegory does not change; its meaning remains the same. Although they are often used within literature to depict a hidden meaning, allegories represent the same meaning to all of the readers, and because of this sometimes are often hard to identify. Authors often use allegories to present a moral to the reader, or discuss issues that would normally be hard to write about because of its content.
An example of an allegory, “The Jabberwocky […] is an allegory for all the dragons and dangerous beasts who lie in the way of the virtuous young hero”, [...] in Lewis Carroll’s poem, “Jabberwocky” (Carroll 551).
"Beware the Jabberwock my son! / The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! / Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun / The frumious Bandersnatch!” / [….] And, as in uffish though he stood, / The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, / Came whiffiling through the tulgey wood, / And Burbled as it came" (Carroll 551).

Answer 2

If you're refering to books, Animal Farm by George Orwell. It's an allegory for Russian Communism under the command of Stalin.
Apparently The Chronicles of Narnia is suppose to be an allegory for stories from the bible, but I think it's highly debated.

Answer 3

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 moral, social, religious, or political significance, and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas as charity, greed, or envy.
Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning.

Example:
Fairie Queen Spenser; Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan; Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Answer 4

An allegory is a symbolic narrative - a story that tells a truth or gives a lesson. Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" is a famous example.

Answer 5

Did you read "The Giver"? That's an allegory. Two stories- the literal one and the philosophical story of the underlying meaning. If you haven't read this book, ask your friends, someone has.