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>a Christian named Christian
>an Evangelist named Evangelist
>an obstinate person named Obstinate
>a pliable person named Pliable
>a helpful person named Help
>a worldly person named Worldly Wiseman
>a formalist named Formalist
>a hypocritical person named Hypocrisy

>> No.17260077

was he related to paul bunyan?

>> No.17260476

Do Anglos really...

>> No.17260543
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>>17260049
>imagine being such a chad writer that you're allegory doesn't even bother giving the character's normal names and instead opts for giving the character names that reflect their primary traits.
The Pilgrim's Progress was unironically so entertaining because of this. Other writers wouldn't and couldn't pull this off (Because they are too pussy too even attempt this) lmao.

>> No.17260591

>>17260476
seethe

>> No.17260692
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Did any other anons actually read this book?

>> No.17261107

>>17260692
It's the greatest work of allegory ever written.

Pope and Pagan can fuck off back to their desolate hillside.

>> No.17262155

>>17261107
B A S E D

>> No.17262211

>>17260543
He was also such a Chad they had to throw him in prison for 12 years for preaching without a (((loiscense)))

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>>17262211
Oi mate! 'old it roight there!
D'ye got a loicence on yer for that preachen' yer doin'?

>> No.17262993

Coleridge has a good explanation of this. He says that in telling a fable, the language must be simple, clear, lucid, direct. You can't use the kind of prose Scott or Austen use because too many quotidian facts will tend to undermine the charm of the narrative. This is true also in Cabell, Dunsany, Hawthorne, Spenser, and other fable tellers.