'Allegory' has a pretty specific meaning when talking about literature - the practice of speaking in coded meanings. Example: I write of a 'garden door opening

'Allegory' has a pretty specific meaning when talking about literature - the practice of speaking in coded meanings. Example: I write of a 'garden door opening' but what I really mean is 'penis-in-vagina intercourse'. Or I say 'anthill', but what it really means is 'urban sprawl'. So no, there are no allegories in LotR; the One Ring doesn't really stand for the atom bomb or whatever.