Vanity Fair

What is Bunyan allegorizing in his description of Vanity Fair? How do the fair’s origins support Bunyan’s allegory?

What is Bunyan allegorizing in his description of Vanity Fair? How do the fair’s origins support Bunyan’s allegory?

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There is the allegory of capitalism at its vain and self-serving worst. Many critics feel that Bunyan is attacking the profit motive that represented Rome and the spirit of Capitalism.