"Allegorical meaning" refers to a hidden or symbolic message or lesson that is conveyed through a story, artwork, or other creative works. It is a way for the author or artist to convey deeper meanings or ideas by using metaphors or symbols instead of directly stating them.
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; the healing of the blind man was the release of the disciples from «Jewish blindness»; names like Jaïrus and Bartimaeus contained
subtle allegorical meanings; the Gerasene demoniac symbolized idolatrous heathenism; the rending of the temple veil meant the end of Judaism; the darkness at the Crucifixion symbolized the darkness of men's minds apart from Christ; the healing of the deaf mute was the symbol of conversion — either of Jews or Gentiles, it was not certain which!
But whereas the religious symbolism of for example Caspar David Friedrich's landscapes can be deciphered, Rudolph's secular landscapes remain silent and
miss allegorical meaning.
It was only when I was older and understood
the allegorical meaning that I relished each book.
We also frequently speak in terms of finding four levels of meaning in Torah: the simple / surface meaning, the hinted - at or
allegorical meaning, the midrashic meaning, and the deepest secrets of the text at its root.
They include carvings of symbolic and
allegorical meaning.
Thus Luke adds
an allegorical meaning beyond what the Matthew intended.
Metaphorical, symbolic and
allegorical meanings are attributable to both authorial will (parole) and linguistic sense (langue).
The richness of
its allegorical meaning also is due to his being there — that is, the world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.
Essentially two dimensional, allegory moves without variation from the plane of the narrative to the plane of
the allegorical meaning in an interrelationship that must be patterned, precise.
Now among the «four meanings» of Scripture, the Middle Ages made a place for the «moral meaning,» which marks the application of
the allegorical meaning to ourselves and our morals.
It's sadistically unnerving, makes no sense if taken literally and even if audiences got
the allegorical meaning, there's still a lot there that could be offensive.
But whereas the religious symbolism of, for example, Caspar David Friedrich's landscapes can be deciphered, Rudolph's secular landscapes not only remain silent, but even empty out
their allegorical meaning by their mere serial repetition.
Abstract vivid backgrounds serve as the stage for the main objects, the characters with human like expressions, depicted in garbs that might have
allegorical meanings, but it's up to the viewer to decide.