TOK Essay The Allegory of the Cave and The Matrix 03 December 2010 Many people think that what we know is not really what is real. This idea is shown through the story of The Allegory of the Cave and the movie‚ The Matrix. Both the movie and the story are similar (it is said that The Matrix is based on The Allegory) and the main plots of the two can be compared. In The Allegory of the Cave‚ the people are chained up by their legs and necks in a cave from an early age‚ facing a wall. From
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sees a just society when relations between the different classes of people are right. This‚ in turn‚ created the allegory of the Ideal City. Within this allegory Plato proceeds to create different classes of people -the producers‚ the guardians‚
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philosopher‚ is known for his various literary works. One of Plato’s most prominent pieces is The Allegory of the Cave. The style of this writing piece is set as a dialogue‚ in which Plato’s brother‚ Glaucon and his mentor‚ Socrates are discussing a story. Despite Plato’s Allegory of the Cave being created thousands of years ago‚ there are strong themes and values instilled that are still prevalent today. The Allegory of the Cave tells the tale of three men‚ who have been chained prisoners for years. These
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Describe Plato allegory of the cave (25 marks) Plato is one of the most important Greek philosophers and a pupil of Socrates. He founded the Academy in Athens‚ an institution devoted to research and instruction in philosophy and the sciences. His works on philosophy‚ politics and mathematics which were very influential.The complex meanings that can be perceived from the "Cave" can be seen in the beginning with the presence of the prisoners who are chained in the darkness of the cave. The prisoners
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references to Plato’s Allegory of the cave in The Matrix‚ it swirls together Plato’s ideas with a realistic feel. The things that are most clear in The Matrix that relate back to the Allegory of the cave are‚ the forms‚ the blinding soon‚ the escaped prisoner‚ the fire‚ and the idea that the prisoners were living under a blank of lies. The connection between Plato’s work and the work of The Matrix is too strong for it to be unintentional. In Plato’s ideas of the Allegory of the cave‚ the forms
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In the article "Allegory of the Cave‚" Plato talks with one of his students and tries to show the difference between people who think their perception of things they see or hear is the truth‚ and people who can see the actual truth. To make things clear‚ he came up with this allegory where people were living underground. They were chained‚ so they didn’t have a chance to move their body or turn their heads. The only thing they saw was a wall right in front of their eyes. Behind them there was a path
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Analysis of Plato’s allegory of the Cave in the Republic In the Republic‚ Book VII‚ Plato through Socrates presents the allegory of the cave. This allegory is used to help the explanation of how the philosophers are educated from ignorance to knowledge. Socrates defends that true education is not just seeing shadows and visible objects but understanding their nature. This allegory illustrates how‚ in relying on the senses and perception‚ man mistakes the shadows for reality. The people
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Symbol‚ Imagery‚ & Allegory Lesson Objective SWBAT identify and analyze symbols‚ imagery‚ and allegory in The Great Gatsby. Intro activity Hinduism is often labeled as a religion of 330 million gods. This misunderstanding arises when people fail to grasp the symbolism of the Hindu pantheon. Hindus worship the nameless and formless Supreme Reality (Bramh) by various names and forms. These different aspects of one reality are symbolized by the many gods and goddesses of Hinduism. For example
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Spiegelman’s‚ "The Complete Maus‚" he utilises an animalistic allegory in order to retell his father’s story during the Second World War and the Holocaust. The absence of human facial features on the characters‚ in the graphic novel‚ raises the issue that the Jewish population of Eastern Europe was not treated as humans; but as "a vermin." The mistreatment of the Jewish people is a reoccurring theme in the graphic and is emphasized by the allegory of German felines hunting Jewish mice. Additionally‚ the
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“Allegory of the Cave” Analysis The Allegory of the cave is an allegory written by Plato with the purpose to represent the way a philosopher gains knowledge. This allegory is a fictional dialogue between Socrates and Glaucon‚ where Socrates compares the issues appearance vs. reality‚ education vs. ignorance. There are two types of knowledge represented in this allegory‚ the one that is told and expected to be believed and accepted; and the one that is learned by a person’s own experiences
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