ENG 1213: Principles of English Composition II Unit 2: A Breakdown of Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” Kelli McBride Definition from "Literary Terms" (http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/allegory.html): Allegory is a form of extended metaphor‚ in which objects‚ persons‚ and actions in a narrative‚ are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral‚ social‚ religious‚ or political significance‚ and characters are often personifications of abstract
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Michelle Tran Mrs. Black-Knyazik Theory of Knowledge/Period 7 15 October 2014 The Truman Show Concepts of perception‚ the nature of reality‚ and the allegory of the cave can be seen throughout the 1998 film‚ The Truman Show. In the beginning of the movie‚ Truman is seen literally with a rain cloudy only above him. But since his line of vision only saw what was in front of him‚ his perception of the weather was limited by what he could see. Meryl‚ his wife on the show‚ was constantly advertising
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Humans have evolved from living in caves and hunting with sticks to living in buildings that reach the sky and exploring outside their own planet‚ this all wouldn’t have been possible if man hadn’t created‚ but to create they first had to think outside their comfort zone. From the first time man has believed they could make a change in the way they lived‚ this has helped them thrive in their environments and make great achievements. The cave man changed the course of history for ever when he discovered
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REAL OR NOT REAL? After reading Meditation 1 Of the Things Which We May Doubt‚ A synopsis of The Matrix‚ and Plato’s The Allegory of the Cave I am convinced that each one of these writings was wrote by the same person. The Matrix is completely about being in a world that is not real‚ kind of like being in a dream like state. Descartes’s meditation is about basically the same thing‚ but trying figure out what is real and what is not. Descartes’s talks about awaking from a dream and then going
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Phil 243 29 January 2013 The allegory of The Cave is an attempt to show that what we are seeing are reflections‚ abstractions‚ and illusions. What we have believed in are not the real thing and never have been‚ but because we’ve acknowledged them for so long‚ it’s hard for us to accept it in any other way. Plato’s allegory of The Cave is a symbol for the contrasts between ideas and what we perceive as reality. Plato argues that we are the “cave slaves.” We live in a world of shadows‚ where we
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In Michael Ramsey’s video depicting Plato’s Allegory of the Cave men are held captive in a cave since childhood. The only reality they knew was demonstrated before them as the shadows of civilians as they passed by them. All seemed normal in their world until one of the prisoners was set free and taken out of the cave. Once his eyes became adjusted‚ he was able to accept the new reality portrayed all around him. I had a similar experience when I transitioned from high school to college. In high school
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Learning about the prehistoric era of art has really opened my eyes to the ways in which humans have developed a sense of documentation. The cave paintings of our prehistoric ancestors that predate the development of written language could arguably be the first examples of humans attempting to preserve their presence for the future generations. In the Chauvet Cave there are many depictions of animals that are now extinct the visual depiction of those animals by the prehistoric people are some of the
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Allegory of the Cave” refer to the illusionary aspect of the human senses and how easily a fake reality can arise from those tricked senses. Plato would have seen the famous melting clocks representing time’s dynamic nature in dreams and understood their importance to false realities because dreams are a form of false realities. He would conclude that the melting clocks represent the upper world looking down at the lower world; therefore‚ the painting must represent those in the cave who have escaped
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Plato’s Allegory of the Cave depicts a scene in which people are chained up in a cave‚ that forces them to face the back wall without the ability to turn their heads. There is a fire burning behind them that casts light onto the wall. Objects are held in front of the fire like a puppet show and all the people can see is the shadows of the objects. These humans have been chained in the cave since birth and the shadows that they see are what they believe to be reality. Some of the prisoners might comment
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In studying all of the symbolism included‚ it becomes apparent that the Allegory of the Cave is a representation of the philosopher’s place in society‚ and the other prisoners reaction to the escaped prisoner returning is representing the reaction people have of philosophers‚ and becoming aware of the truth philosophers hold. The Allegory of the Cave illustrates book 5 and 6 for us by showing the effect education has on the human soul‚ and how education helps us move
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