"Narcissus" by Caravaggio (c. 1598). Source: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain What is an allegory? An allegory (Greek, "a speaking about something else") is a complete and cohesive narrative, for ...

Meet Simile and Sui Generis. Simile, to refresh memories, is a favorite rhetorical device of writers that compares two essentially unlike things that nonetheless have similar characteristics: The ...

Legal texts in the sense of statutes and case opinions are not the only subjects for interpretation in law. A trial is a sign-and-symbol stew in which texts are simultaneously presented, interpreted, ...