moral tale
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoralandtale
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moral
adjective
uk/ˈmɒr.əl/us/ˈmɔːr.əl/
relating to the standards of good or bad behaviour, fairness, honesty, etc. that each person believes in, rather than ...
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tale
noun[C]
uk/teɪl/us/teɪl/
a story, especially one that might be invented or difficult ...
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(Definition ofmoralandtalefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is amoraltalewith a moral lesson that young female readers, one might imagine, would abhor.
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The narrative is sometimes presented as amoraltale.
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However, from 1850 the middle classes attempted to reshape the relationship into amoraltalein order to teach their children valuable lessons about marital behaviour.
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There has modernly emerged a theory that her story consists of probably only amoraltaleinvented for edification.
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I believe that it is amoraltale.
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This account is written as amoraltale, expounding on the earl's heroism and the cowardly conduct of his companions.
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The first volume contained mostly stories and fables about animals, the scientific conversations were in the third volume, and the moral tales in the fourth.
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Even more perilously, it faced the enormous obstacle of this genre of moral tales centered on a "despoiling" plot.
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The test of fidelity, he notes, belongs within a tradition of moral tales that reject blind idealism and preach tolerance for human weakness.
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Some of the scenes related events in the life of the saint, while others are moral tales, for example, a deer battling a snake.
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These will be moral tales, there will be good guys and bad guys.
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You can read these seven moral tales for pure entertainment, then wait to see what else may linger.
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This collection of thirty-eight moral tales promotes pedagogical ideals such as loyalty, honesty and faithfulness.
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The programme portrayed moral tales and fables through various anthropomorphized creatures.
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Animal moral tales with their dramatic and psychological simplicity lend themselves easily to illustration and proliferated in the 19th century.
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These bards, performing in village squares and temple courtyards, mostly specialized in recounting mythological and moral tales from the scriptures, and embellished their recitals with hand gestures and facial expressions.
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Other times, they are simple moral tales.
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