What is the best definition of allegory? O a story in which the characters have secret identities
O a story in which the characters represent ideas
O a story in which there are no characters
O a story in which the characters are complex and realistic
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“The Gift of the Magi“ is more realistic. Jim and Della are poor and have to struggle to save money and live in the city. The social and economic class of the main characters in “Federigo’s Falcon” is less familiar, so it was difficult to identify with the characters of Federigo and Monna. However, certain aspects of the story are realistic. For example, Monna Giovanna probably agreed to marry Federigo so she could silence her brothers’ complaints. This reason rings true: people don’t always marry for love.

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source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen

i would say it means that you're never alone, that there will always be people supporting me and showing me that they care for me and love me

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