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-When Charles II returned to power in 1660, the Anglican church again became the establised church. Some diversity was allowed, but well-known nonconformists like Bunyan were jailed as examples. -Pilgrims Progress is an allegory. Christian allegories date back to the fourth century a.d., when Boethius wrote The Consolation of Philosophy. -Allegory ~ is the reading of documents on several levels. It was used by church in middle ages, and still is popular.
allegory, in literature, symbolic story that serves as a disguised representation for meanings other than those indicated on the surface. The characters in an allegory often have no individual personality, but are embodiments of moral qualities and other abstractions. The allegory is closely related to the parable, fable, and metaphor, differing from them largely in intricacy and length. A great variety of literary forms have been used for allegories.