Comparing Cave 'And Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind'
Alex Li
Knowledge vs. Ignorance
In this paper, I will examine themes presented in the reading Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and the movie The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and I will claim that both good and bad play hand in hand with knowledge and ignorance. It can be shown that knowledge is good and ignorance is bad. Also, arguing that the good in knowledge leads to liberation and rapture, which it is demonstrated in Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, while the bad in ignorance leads to failure and anguish which can be proven in The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
To begin with, Plato’s Allegory of the Cave states that the prisoners released from the cave were freed from ignorance and presented with new knowledge of reality. My argument is that when this happened, the new knowledge that prisoners obtained brought them liberation and rapture. I will now defend my claim by arguing that when the prisoners were inside the cave, they were chained and …show more content…
In fact, ignorance leads to failure and anguish. The purpose for Joel and Clementine’s memory erasing procedure was so that they could forget about each other and their past dysfunctional relationship. They wanted to be ignorant of the fact that they were in love, but ignorance caused the purpose of having their memories erased to be a failure. After the procedure, if Joel and Clementine met again for the second time and fell back in love, they would be ignorant of the fact that their relationship will result in many difficulties and eventually fail. They will make the same mistakes again, not knowing what they did wrong the first time, and become heartbroken for the second time. In the end, their ignorance will lead them to the failure of another relationship, along with feeling anguished because they will destroy their second chance to be with each
Knowledge vs. Ignorance
In this paper, I will examine themes presented in the reading Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and the movie The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and I will claim that both good and bad play hand in hand with knowledge and ignorance. It can be shown that knowledge is good and ignorance is bad. Also, arguing that the good in knowledge leads to liberation and rapture, which it is demonstrated in Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, while the bad in ignorance leads to failure and anguish which can be proven in The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
To begin with, Plato’s Allegory of the Cave states that the prisoners released from the cave were freed from ignorance and presented with new knowledge of reality. My argument is that when this happened, the new knowledge that prisoners obtained brought them liberation and rapture. I will now defend my claim by arguing that when the prisoners were inside the cave, they were chained and …show more content…
In fact, ignorance leads to failure and anguish. The purpose for Joel and Clementine’s memory erasing procedure was so that they could forget about each other and their past dysfunctional relationship. They wanted to be ignorant of the fact that they were in love, but ignorance caused the purpose of having their memories erased to be a failure. After the procedure, if Joel and Clementine met again for the second time and fell back in love, they would be ignorant of the fact that their relationship will result in many difficulties and eventually fail. They will make the same mistakes again, not knowing what they did wrong the first time, and become heartbroken for the second time. In the end, their ignorance will lead them to the failure of another relationship, along with feeling anguished because they will destroy their second chance to be with each