Fordim Hedgethistle,
Let me side with Treebeard here and not give you a hasty reply. I would like, however, to point to Tokien's preference of applicability over allegory in the Foreward to LOTR.
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I think that many confuse 'applicability' with 'allegory'; but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author.
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More later.
Fascinating and extremely valuable discussion, I think.
*curtsies*
Bęthberry