The Matrix‚ a 1999 film created by The Wachowskis‚ and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave‚ a philosophical story written during 560 BC‚ both introduce thought provoking questions. These include: “Are we living in the real world or an illusion of the real world?” and “What is reality?” The Matrix is a sci-fi action film that attracts modern viewers who can relate to the main character‚ Neo. The film is about how the world that Neo thinks is real‚ is only just an illusion. Similarly‚ The Allegory of the
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letters from the public; this proves that Brutus is very naive. Both Antigone and Brutus’ decisions are influenced by not only their character traits and motivations‚ but the frequent appearance of fate and freewill. In Andy and Lana Wachowski’s The Matrix‚ main character Neo is at a constant battle with fate and freewill. Given the choice between the truth and his perceived reality‚ Neo takes control of his own destiny and selects the truth in the form of a red pill. However‚
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The comparisons between the three stories are that each has a question as to what is real/reality. The Cave by Plato and The Matrix are similar in their story line. The two differ in that Neo was beginning to feel that there was something that was missing in his life‚ a feeling that something wasn’t quite right. The prisoner in Plato’s story had no question‚ no reservation as to what his life was to be day in and day out until a different scenario was presented to him. Much like Neo‚ the prisoner
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Alba Mejia Humanities -1; Delano March 12‚ 2012 One lives in a prison that is unknown to the common eye. In The Matrix as well as in the Allegory of the cave‚ state a similar meaning of one living in a world with a greater truth. Both The Allegory by Plato and the Matrix‚ speake and argue about a prison‚ a prison within our life and our world that one does not know of. Similarities are drawn between both the story and the movie. It gives one an idea of what Plato stated in his philosophical
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Allegory of the Cave and seminal science-fiction film The Matrix at first glance seem to have nothing in common. The first is written and set in the ancient times‚ revolving around Socrates telling his follower Glaucon about chained prisoners in a primitive cave watching shadow puppets lighted by a fire burning at the cave’s opening. The latter is a futuristic story set in a world controlled by artificial-intelligent computers that created the Matrix‚ a virtual world programmed for the humans to live in
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become complacent to risk allowing the risk to further pervade their lives due to. In the film‚ The Matrix film technology produces risk through its revolt against its creators which led to the enslavement of man and use of their "bioelectricity" to power machines. This risk is unknown to many who like Neo believe they are living in the year 1999 which is when the war initially begins. Within the matrix‚ the illusion created by machines‚ there is no consciousness of risk and although the general population
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Victor Mardikian Mr. Garner ELA 8A May 6‚ 2011 The Matrix Dystopian Film Analysis The film‚ The Matrix took place in both a virtual reality and the real world. The hero‚ Neo‚ tried to understand how he was chosen to be “the one.” His goal was to fight off the agents who were not only computer programs but also the gatekeepers of the Matrix; therefore‚ Neo and Morpheus had to fight off the agents so that the human race would cease to be manipulated and used for energy. Since Neo
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Matrix Footwear – Case study Juzar Badami 1) Should Matrix foray into youth market / Foreign accessories market? Why? • Matrix should concentrate into youth market • Reasons: - Matrix doesn’t seem to have any core competency in the filed of fashion accessories - Matrix image as a janata brand doesn’t well gell into the concept of fashion accessories - Moving from low priced footwear to fashion accessories is a different move 2) Does product policy impact the value preposition of Matrix Store
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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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