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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beast fable
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Through dialogue, Reason, Rectitude, and Justice help Christine construct the physical form of the sanctuary city while arguing through allegory against the misogyny entrenched in French society and literature.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Sep. 2025 -
Virgo’s film takes that premise and reimagines it as a twisty psychological allegory, laden with weighty themes.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
23 Sep. 2025
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The parable of the Good Samaritan is Jesus specifically rejecting the idea of limiting compassion to one’s own group.—
John Fugelsang
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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Throughout, in interviews with Costa, Malafaia justifies his political aspiration with Biblical parables.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
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There are visual references to refugees, immigrants, medieval morality plays, New Orleans funerals.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Lee’s lively reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime drama High and Low just seeks to stage an entertaining morality play.—
Zak Cheney-Rice,
Vulture,
28 Aug. 2025
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Kratos and his son Atreus traverse the nine realms, dig up old traumas, and stand off against a whole bestiary’s worth of gargantuan, flesh-eating monsters.—
Luke Winkie,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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Their violence — in medieval bestiaries, unicorns are regularly said to have beef with elephants and take them down by goring their bellies — is contrasted with their gentleness towards maidens and innate understanding of purity.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Beast fable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beast%20fable. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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