close of the English Reformation 2.0 The Pilgrim's Progress 5 The Pilgrim's Progress is a religious allegory,a narrative in which general concepts such as sin,despair,and faith are represented as people or as aspects of the natural world.The world's literature has three great allegories:The Faerie Queene,Dante's Divine Comedy and Pilgrim's Progress.The first appeals to the poets,the second to the scholars,and the third to the common religious people ofevery age and condition. 2.1TheStory The Pilgrim's Progress tells of a religious man's search for 5” salvation,and gives a truthful picture of English society.The basis of the allegorical narrative is the idea of a journey.The traveler's name is Christian,and he represents every Christian in human world.The 5 figures and places Christian encounters on his journey stand for the various experiences every Christian must go through in the quest for salvation. The whole book falls into two parts.Part 1 tells of the religious 5 conversion of Christian and his religious life in this world.Part 2 describes the subsequent conversion of his wife and their children Part One mainly describes his pilgrimage through the Slough of Despond,Vanity Fair,Doubting Castle,the Valley of Humiliation, close of the English Reformation. 2.0 The Pilgrim’s Progress The Pilgrim's Progress is a religious allegory, a narrative in which general concepts such as sin, despair, and faith are represented as people or as aspects of the natural world. The world’s literature has three great allegories: The Faerie Queene, Dante’s Divine Comedy and Pilgrim’s Progress. The first appeals to the poets, the second to the scholars, and the third to the common religious peop le of every age and condition. 2.1 The Story The Pilgrim's Progress tells of a religious man’s search for salvation, and gives a truthful picture of English society. The basis of the allegorical narrative is the idea of a journey. The traveler's name is Christian, and he represents every Christian in human world. The figures and places Christian encounters on his journey stand for the various experiences every Christian must go through in the quest for salvation. The whole book falls into two parts. Part 1 tells of the religious conversion of Christian and his religious life in this world. Part 2 describes the subsequent conversion of his wife and their children. Part One mainly describes his pilgrimage through the Slough of Despond, Vanity Fair, Doubting Castle, the Valley of Humiliation, 5’ 5’ 5’ 5’ 5’ 5’