Good and bad princes are typically easily distinguishable‚ regardless of the time period from which they rule. For today’s rulers‚ we tend to gravitate towards leaders that we like or leaders who are popular. Standards for rulers have changed over time‚ but in the middle ages rulers were judged by a very strict set of criteria in which rulers were meant to be feared by all and loved by none. Kings and Princes of the middle ages were not necessarily popular as they are today. Instead‚ they strived
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The Allegory of the Cave Analysis Plato’s The Allegory of a Cave there are two men discussing whether or not someone who has only been kept in the dark would have trouble adjusting to a new enlightened world. Plato was a teacher‚ so his story must’ve been for his students to ponder. Plato tells his story in a very solemn way‚ almost as if he’s teaching the audience in a very patient way. Plato compared the man in the dark to someone who had little knowledge and when he entered to a world with light
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Machiavelli’s The Prince was written as a response to the disunity of the Italian state system. The Prince can be read as a satire of the corruption of the Papacy in order to reveal all of the problems of the ruling class. Concurrently‚ The Prince can also be read as an earnest attempt to help reunify Italy under the Medici family of Florence. Considering the circumstances‚ The Prince should be read as a satire just for the underlying reason of why it was written. Machiavelli had a hidden agenda;
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Heart of Darkness is in its entirety not an allegory. Its surface is too profound and meaningful to allow itself to be interpreted in more than two ways. There are however several parts in the novel that hint at the opposite and that prove that the context of the novel can be seen from more than one angle. This can mainly be perceived in the life of Mr. Kurtz‚ as his descent into madness can be seen as an allegory for the colonization and destruction of the African continent and its people by the
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Republic. In this story entitled "The Allegory of the Cave‚" he describes a dark underground cave where a group of people are sitting in one long row with their backs to the cave’s entrance. Chained to their chairs from an early age‚ all the humans can see is the distant cave wall in from of them. The shadows of statues held by unseen puppet handlers’ reflect on the walls from the light of a fire that is also out of sight of those in the cave. The theme of the allegory is that their reality is a poor
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An allegory is a story‚ poem or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning‚ typically a moral or political one. Arthur Miller’s novel‚ the Crucible is a fictional play that centers around the Salem Witch Trials. The novel can also be classified as an example of an allegory. The allegorical meaning of the Crucible is that it can be a representation of the Red Scare‚ the HUAC‚ and McCarthyism. The Red Scare was the promotion of fear of the potential rise of communism after World
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In Plato’s parable‚ The Allegory of the Cave‚ he writes it as a dialogue between his brother and Socrates. Plato thinks of a “game”. It consists of a few prisoners‚ who are chained down and cannot turn their heads in any direction‚ a cave‚ a fire‚ and some objects with a group of people who carry them. The prisoners can only look straight ahead at a wall‚ and the people behind them put objects in front of the fire. The objects in front of the fire cast shadows onto the wall that the prisoners are
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Plato’s Cave conveys ideas that remain true at any time throughout history. There are many ways to view this‚ such as all people living in individual caves being one possible interpretation of this allegory‚ as there is knowledge and experience which they do not possess which would allow them to see more of the world. The caves wherein everyone resides can be left freely‚ though only transfer to a new restricted view of reality is possible. Many people view their current perspective as adequate
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Dante’s Inferno “Dante’s Inferno” is a comedy based on his journey through the nine layers of hell. The voyage started in the 1300’s‚ during Easter Week‚ and the descent to hell began on Good Friday. After Dante finds his guide to the Underworld‚ Virgil who is also a poet‚ in a mysterious dark wooded area‚ they begin their journey to hell‚ a treacherous place with the most horrendous tortures. Dante become lost on his journey and he states that he does not remember how he became lost but he wandered
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his work The Republic. In his example‚ known as the “Allegory of the Cave”‚ Plato uses an allegorical cave to show how humans are uncomfortable when exposed to the truth and that they are manipulated by higher authorities. In their 1999 motion picture The Matrix‚ the Wachowski brothers use a computer program to display similar ideals of Plato’s allegory‚ including how humans are controlled and negatively react to the truth. Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” serves as a philosophical basis to The Matrix
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