Allegory
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Part homage to German expressionism, part
allegory
, the film is replete with visual symbolism and an artistic style that rivals anything seen since the 1920's.
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And so maybe the teddy bear worked in part because the legend of Roosevelt and that bear in Mississippi was kind of like an
allegory
of this great responsibility that society was just beginning to face up to back then.
Although Roman culture was never fully lost, its influence declined and new art styles arose focused on religious symbolism and
allegory
rather than proportion and realism.
It's been read as an
allegory
of the Cold War, the French Resistance, and Britain’s colonization of Ireland.
But the vivid image of someone condemned to endlessly repeat a futile task has resonated as an
allegory
about the human condition.
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