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Definition of morality tale in English: morality talenoun A story or narrative from which one can derive a moral about right and wrong. his story can be seen as a modern morality tale On The Waterfront is a great morality tale about corruption and redemption Example sentencesExamples - The Rules of Attraction is ultimately a morality tale in which the absence of moral fibre is paid for in blood and misery.
- They are, in essence, morality tales - the moral being, be grateful for what you have, for what you get in exchange might not be any better.
- Even the somber morality tales of the eighteenth century are made more palatable through verse.
- It is a simple morality tale of bad guys beating up on good guys.
- But the biggest news story of the week is rapidly developing into a bleak morality tale, the moral being that all is never what it seems when it comes to money.
- No disrespect intended, but none of them compares with Faber's morality tale.
- The book is not the tendentious morality tale one fears.
- Nice Girl is a morality tale which is intended to help teenagers avoid learning hard lessons the hard way.
- That movie degenerated into a plain, old-fashioned Hollywood morality tale.
- It felt like the final word on a fraught subject that is too often reduced to a simplistic modern morality tale.
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