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    In Plato ’s "The Allegory of the Cave‚" Socrates tells an allegory of the hardship of understanding reality. Using metaphors Socrates compares a prisoner in an underground cave who is exploring a new strange world he never knew of to people who are trying to find a position of knowledge in reality. Through it‚ Plato attempts to map a man ’s journey through education and describes what is needed to achieve a perfect society. According to Socrates‚ most people tend to rely on their senses excessively

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    enlightenment‚ the introduction of new ideas and the edification of others enhances the progression of society. This idea of the truth of enlightenment is explored in both “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato‚ and The Matrix by the Wachowski sisters. Both works discuss the concepts of ignorance‚ enlightenment‚ and

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    Whited Professor Fyfe ENL106-01 Option #5 Final Paper The geography of each hell and its denizens changes drastically through out the decades‚ as literature is spread across the world. The earliest piece that I chose to examine was Dante Alighieri’s Inferno‚ which dates back to sometime between 1265 and 1321. I also chose Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus (1564-1593)‚ Jean Paul Sartre’s No Exit (1945) to show the transformation over time. The final piece of literature that I picked‚ and also

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    In Plato’s “Allegory of a Cave”‚ he depicts an area where prisoners live chained in a cave. All they see are shadows casted on the wall and these shadows shape the prisoner’s reality. One of the prisoners then escapes the cave. Initially‚ he is blinded by the sun and the reality of the new world. He can now see beyond the shadows. Over time‚ he recognizes that his life has been controlled by others and now knows the truth. Nonetheless‚ “Allegory of the Cave” can be perceived in several different

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    Suggested answer: OBJECTIVE The objective of the above advertisement is to position Mater Hospital as the Kenya’s number one health care provider and to introduce the ‘well persons’ clinic’ TARGET MARKET The target market is Healthy individuals who would want to live healthy among the Aged and the young adults for both Male and Female. MESSAGE The message is about Healthy living this captured in the slogan ‘Well Man Well Woman and Junior Wellness’ There is also a message on the establishment

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    In the novel‚ ‘Of mice and Men’‚ John Steinbeck uses allegory to represent different themes and messages. An allegory is a story‚ poem or a picture which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning. While reading Steinbeck’s book I noticed different metaphors such as the usage of animals and Curley’s wife. Throughout the whole book the reader can notice many animals mentioned such as rabbits‚ mice‚ the puppy and the old dog. Curley’s wife is also a sort of symbol. She represents the way in which

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    caring anymore about physical attraction. After all stages‚ the boy will ultimately come to loving beauty itself and all beautiful things. This gradual climb to the final vision is similar to the climb out of the cave in Plato’s "Allegory of the Cave." In the "Allegory of the Cave‚" the chained down prisoners are limited with their perception on reality. At first‚ they can only see moving shadows on the wall in front of them. Once released‚ the prisoners’ sense of reality is changed as they can

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    1.) "The Allegory of the Cave" - We often hear of various movements that are set out to try to protect our freedoms. We spend most of lives trying to defend our rights and keep ourselves liberated. However‚ how truly free are we? "The Allegory of the Cave" a story of prisoners in a cave ‚ chained facing upward‚ by the legs and necks. They cannot move but their eyes are faced straight ahead at a wall. This wall is their world. They see the shadows of people‚ some carrying objects and others not

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    Song of Songs and whether or not there are problems with incorporating it into the Bible is a question that would have many answers or viewpoints. I will attempt to provide my viewpoint to answer the question. I see the Song of Songs as an allegory. This is supposed to be a poem that is between lovers. A man and a woman are expressing appreciation for each other’s bodies in frank detail. It is intended to celebrate human sexuality‚ love and human life itself. The lovers repeatedly describe

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    The movie The Matrix has many similar themes and differences to “The Allegory of the Cave”. The Matrix is about a man named Neo‚ he believes that he’s a normal man with a normal life but then he is contacted by a man named Morpheus. Morpheus exposes Neo to the truth that his world‚ where he is just regular Tom Anderson is made up. The Matrix‚ was created by sentient machines that subdue the human population‚ while their bodies’ heat and electrical activity are used as an energy source. Neo is reluctant

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