Did Benjamin Franklin have any allegories?
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yeah i think he did and you spelled allergies wrong
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Hmmm, very good question. I have heard of this before, but I have never encountered anything that actually proves he did. I have also heard he had fell off of a horse and got his fingers caught in the bridle, which in turn, ripped them off. Actually, I think he was buried with ALL his fingers. Because if you look at his latest portraits, he has all of his fingers...although someone could have incorrectly painted him.
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i like washington cause he chopped down a cherry tree--wow we went from a president that chopped down a tree to one that slept around on his wife-or had sexual relations-wow where did our morals go-anyway-i also like ben franklin-cause he is on money and shares my name...maybe draw a cherry tree for washington and a large bill for franklin
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This book is indeed permeated with symbols.If you want ,W Golding uses Robinson Crusoe's Myth but in a reversed variant:to be more specific if Daniel Defoe wants to show the way from primitivism to civilisation,W Golding points to the fact that human beings can easily turn back fom civilisation to primitivism.If you read the book you can see the boys spliting into 2 groups :the one led by Ralph and the other led by Jack.While one group enjoy order and discipline and always want to keep the fire burning so as to be finally rescued,the other group want to rule by fear and terror ,they like to go hunting and paint their faces!Let's take things in turn:The fire is a symbol of hope(because this is the only way they can be seen from the island)When the other boys steal the fire is because they have been transformed by the forces of the evil inside themselves,they have been guided by the primitive instincts inside them.Then we have the conch or that shell that Simon is going to carry whenever there's a meeting on the beach.It's a symbol of order and respect for the one who's talking(they could talk only if they touched the conch showing they have an opinion referring to that problem in discussion)Then Simon is wearing glasses which a symbol ,too,It stands for wisdom and intellingence and for civilised world with rules and obligations.Simon agrees that the fire should burn all the time on the island but he's bullied by the rough boys who are rebelling against order.While doing this they have steps behind to primitivism.So they go hunting wild pigs and invent stories about a creature on the island just to scare the others.The fact that they paint their faces like the savages  shows that they run away from who they are,they want to hide their true identity so they can be free to do what they want :fight,hunt,steal and even kill!\nThe pig's head put in a stick in the middle of the forest is in fact the lord of the flies,i.e the lord of terror,of evil forces lying in human beings.It';s symbolical for the bad boys on the island and it's opposite the conch .\nW.Golding knows very well the psychology of kids.He uses a very simple topic but he finally manages to reach complex things in this book which is part of metafiction literature.\nHope you understood something and if you didn't read the book ,please find some time and do it ...it's magnificent!
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i dont know about symbolism, but he definietly uses metaphors.  he compares humans to little helpless wretched bugs.  then he uses the imagery of being held over the fire. i could be wrong, but i cant think of any symbolism though.
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Are you looking for examples of hyperbole in the poem?\n\nFinding rubies by the Ganges\n"Till the conversion of the Jews" (a Biblical allusion: until the Apocalypse)\nLove growing in a physical form "vaster than empires"\nTaking a century to praise the beloved's eyes\nForehead gazing for two centuries, etc.\nHearing time at one's back
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Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. Since this was on a Sunday, his father had him immediately baptized, to avoid any superstitious curse on him.
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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American. Statesman, scientist, political philosopher, author. As a philosopher known for his writings on nationality, economic matters, aphorisms published in Poor Richard's Alamanac and polemics in favor of American Independence. Involved with writing the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of 1787.
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Yes.  As in the Gospel of Thomas, or Lao Tsu's Tao Te Ching, or James Carse's Finite and Infinite Games, or Elain Pagels' Beyond Belief.\n\nI searched long an hard as a kid, and I'm still on my journey, though much nearer the end now.\n\nLook up some of my recent answers and see what you think.  Skip the math, of course.
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Allegorical?  Metaphorical?  Yeah, probably so.  The story of Jesus represents what the Jews wanted out of a Messiah, but never got.  More times than not, many new testament stories are political in nature, representing how they felt about the Roman government that was oppressing them.
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I believe that GOD (much like anything in the Bible that Looks impossible) is a metaphoric representation of something that matches GOD's description. You have to ask yourself....\n\nWhat is the most powerful force you can think of?\nWhat creates?\nWhat is merciful?\nWhat is vengeful?\nWhat looks like a Human?\nEct.\n\nNow this being the case, I guess it would be possible for other Religions and Mythologies to also be heavily metaphoric and also have a representation of the exact same element. Hell, they may even call theirs King, too!!
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Unfortunately, I don't think there is. Of course I haven't read "every" myth. But quickly thinking of Illiad, Odyssey, Ovid's Metamorphosis, Sophocles, even the Aeneid, there aren't any moments where the muses are main characters. \n\nOften in greek mythology, *forces* are represented as living beings. For example, love personified as Amor or Cupid. The muses are no different. They represent the uncontrollable and unpredictable nature of creativity and artistry. There are several muses, each with an area of expertise. \n\nIn many of our modern translations of the ancient myths, we see the opening line as "Sing in me, oh Muse..." This is a request by the ancient storyteller to the Muse, for inspiration and guidance in his upcoming performance (the telling of the myth/story). So, in a way, it could be argued (delicately) that the Muses are the center piece of every story or myth.
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when the Declaration of Independence was first written, Ben Franklin wanted to put "life, liberty and persuit of property" as the truths held self-evident.  The other people who worked with him and signed the Declaration convinced him to change it to "persuit of happiness".
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I would go with "The Wizard of Oz".  Frank L. Baum, the author of the book, wrote it as an allegory of the gold standard.  However, it became an instant children's classic.  Baum for a long time resisted writing more books in the series as he wished to be considered a serious adult author but dire financial staights forced him to reconsider and he ended up writing several more books in the series.\n\nSo on the one level you have the tale of Dorthy that was imortalized in the classic movie.  On the other hand you have the political symbolism of the characters including how \n"the wicked Witch of the East represented eastern industrialists and bankers who controlled the people (the Munchkins); the Scarecrow was the wise but naive western farmer; the Tin Woodman stood for the dehumanized industrial worker; the Cowardly Lion was William Jennings Bryan, Populist presidential candidate in 1896; the Yellow Brick Road, with all its dangers, was the gold standard; Dorothy's silver slippers (Judy Garland's were ruby red, but Baum originally made them silver) represented the Populists' solution to the nation's economic woes ("the free and unlimited coinage of silver"); Emerald City was Washington, D.C.; the Wizard, "a little bumbling old man, hiding behind a facade of paper mache and noise, . . . able to be everything to everybody," was any of the Gilded Age presidents" (Parker)\n\nNow if you want something that has multiple levels without the political allegory, the symbolism of "The Little Prince" is also well established and would be worth a look.\n\nSo depending on the needs of your paper I would start with one of those two.
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CS Lewis wrote it.\nIt is an allegory about the  purpose of Jesus Christ
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I started to write it all out for you, but there is too many Biblical references in the Chronicles of Narnia to be listed here.  I hate to leave links to websites as my answer, but please read on and see what you think:\n\nhttp://cslewis.drzeus.net/papers/lionwitchallegory.html
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Benjamin Franklin said it best:\n"If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins."