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                                      Metaphors can be important components in 
                                      Magic Realism. They can be personal for 
                                      the artist or universal in nature. For 
                                      example, 
                                      in De Chirico's early Metaphysical 
                                      paintings the inclusion of trains are 
                                      metaphors for his father, who was an 
                                      engineer for railroads. Similarly, Andrew 
                                      Wyeth included many metaphors for his 
                                      father in his paintings of the late  
                                      1940s |