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08/31/25(Sun)23:13:41 No.24687267
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Anonymous 08/31/25(Sun)23:13:41 No.24687267
>allegory fucking sucks
>read a real book, better a historical one
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Anonymous
09/01/25(Mon)06:19:18 No.24687916
Anonymous 09/01/25(Mon)06:19:18 No.24687916
>>24687267
>enter death of the author
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Anonymous
09/01/25(Mon)06:21:09 No.24687920
Anonymous 09/01/25(Mon)06:21:09 No.24687920
Tolkien preferred 'applicability' to 'allegory' precisely because allegory limited the meaning of a metaphor to a very specific object
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Anonymous
09/01/25(Mon)06:22:34 No.24687923
Anonymous 09/01/25(Mon)06:22:34 No.24687923
>>24687920
Tolkien doesn't understand what allegory means
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Anonymous
09/01/25(Mon)06:45:50 No.24687936
Anonymous 09/01/25(Mon)06:45:50 No.24687936
“History is a set of lies agreed upon.” — Napoleon
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Anonymous
09/01/25(Mon)06:54:58 No.24687942
Anonymous 09/01/25(Mon)06:54:58 No.24687942
>>24687923
What does it mean?
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Anonymous
09/01/25(Mon)07:00:28 No.24687946
Anonymous 09/01/25(Mon)07:00:28 No.24687946
>>24687942
allegories were used by commentators to reinterpret homer to defend him from the critics. it has nothing to do with the author
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Anonymous
09/01/25(Mon)07:33:49 No.24687978
Anonymous 09/01/25(Mon)07:33:49 No.24687978
>>24687946
Are you saying allegories aren't intentional? Because they definitely are
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