Allegory
It refers to the way of expressing an abstract idea like freedom, justice, equality, etc. through a person or a thing. It has two meanings one is literal means actual and the second is symbolic.
Visualising the Nation- CBSE Class 10 History
After the beginning of the French Revolution in the late eighteenth century, the idea of creating nation-states in place of existing monarchies spread like wildfire throughout the whole of Europe. It was only during the French Revolution that ideas of liberty, equality, fraternity, democracy, and basic human rights gained popularity and people started protesting in their own countries for creating an independent nation with basic human rights by uprooting existing monarchy or imperial power in their respective countries.