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an estimate of The Pilgrim’s Progress as a prose allegory.
The Pilgrim’s Progress is a book written by John Bunyan and was
published in 1678. This book talks about a journey executed by its main
character, Christian from the City of Destruction to Celestial City which
stands for heaven. The Pilgrim’s Progress contains allegories in each side of
the plot, from the name of the characters, actions, up to its circumstances.
According to Coleridge, an allegory is the employment of a certain set of characters,
actions and circumstances in such a way that this convey certain moral
qualities and conceptions so all the parts can combine to form a whole.
Actually all interpretations of literature, any way of understanding meanings
other than its literal surface can be called allegorical.
The Pilgrim’s Progress consists of two meanings,
one is on its surface and the other is the one hidden. The surface meaning is
seen as an adventure of Christian salted with full actions scenes. Its hidden
meaning conveys an important message and moral values about the perseverance of
a human being in seeking his soul’s salvation to get God’s grace. The journey
done by Christian is not merely a common adventurous story, but it is also a
representation of one’s spiritual journey since he is born until death comes
and takes him to an eternal life. The narrative has also its didactic mission,
i.e to tell the readers on how to tackle God’s trials and strives such as
spiritual doubt and uncertainty, carnal desires, worldly temptations, despair
and afflictions as well as felicities to reach God’s salvation. Bunyan’s
allegory keeps the spiritual meaning explicit but the use of personification. ................TO GET COMPLETE STUDY MATERIAL JOIN NSOU ENGLISH COACHINGHi. I’m Designer of Blog Magic. I’m CEO/Founder of ThemeXpose. I’m Creative Art Director, Web Designer, UI/UX Designer, Interaction Designer, Industrial Designer, Web Developer, Business Enthusiast, StartUp Enthusiast, Speaker, Writer and Photographer. Inspired to make things looks better.
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