Artistic and Educational Functions of Allegory

One of the important tools that the author of educational literature uses to explain and interpret moral and mystical ideas and to convey his content to the audience is allegory. In the allegory of the writer and poet, he first expresses general and abstract concepts, which are often rational and news-type, and then gives a literary example and reason to make them tangible and objective and to prove his claim. In the sense that their reasoned words are simple and understandable with the explicit conclusion, he has a profound effect on the reader. All kinds of allegories are powerful tools of illustration and de-familiarization and the origin of creating novel themes, and since in these literary techniques, positive images serve to convince the audience, the method of argumentative expression is superior to artistic expression. In this article, the artistic, educational, and training functions of various types of allegory have been reviewed. The research is based on the application of examples of this literary array in important educational works and Indian styles and considering the views of experts and the author's personal perception of this rhetorical art. The general conclusion of the article is that the abundant use of different forms of allegory is one of the secrets of beauty and taste and the effect of the language of educational and Indian literary works on the reader, and this has made the contents so popular that the readers accept the meanings and concepts wholeheartedly and without any question.