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Post by e_dog » December 20th, 2004, 2:40 pm

So, like, what's the difference between a fable, a parable, and an allegory?

is there any really?
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Post by Marksman45 » December 20th, 2004, 5:12 pm

As it occurs to me..

a Fable is a tale written to illustrate a moral featuring fantastical elements, such as talking animals or inanimate objects

a Parable is a tale written to illustrate some religious point

an Allegory is a tale in which the characters themselves represent abstracts, ideas, concepts
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