We have grown up reading books and tales with underlying morals. However, these morals and values weren’t explicitly mentioned. Rather, allegories were used that had deep meanings. Allegory is a ...

"Narcissus" by Caravaggio (c. 1598). Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain What is an allegory? An allegory (Greek, "a speaking about something else") is a complete and cohesive narrative, for ...

NEWTON, Massachusetts, 1980, and a boy of 12 sneaks into a cinema. Having already seen Alien and Halloween, the youngster considers himself pretty hardcore when it comes to horror. Ten minutes later, ...

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