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 Cave is about a prisoner that comes to realize the cave is only a prison and that he is living in a false reality. Although Plato’s story‚ The Allegory of
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difficult to overlook. The Matrix is revolved around computer hacker‚ Neo‚ who lived a relatively normal life until he is contacted by Morpheus‚ who leads him into the real world. In reality‚ it is 200 years later‚ and the world has been laid waste and taken over by advanced artificial intelligence machines. The computers have created a false version of 20th century life‚ known as the Matrix to keep the humans satisfied. Neo‚ pursued constantly by "Agents"‚ computers who take on human form and infiltrate
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and black background. This contrast corresponds with the theme of illusion versus reality in the film. Despite it s sparseness‚ the setting makes a significant contribution to the mise-en-scene. Another important element of mise-en-scene is costume. Neo is
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student‚ Glaucon. This movie explains a man‚ Neo‚ having interest and doubt about the world around. Neo wants to meet Morpheus‚ the most dangerous man alive‚ to answer his
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protagonist of the Matrix as Neo and the protagonist of the Allegory of the Cave as Prisoner. Both Neo and Prisoner were deceived into believing in a falsehood: that they lived in the real world. In the Matrix‚ Neo lived most of his life without knowing he was a prisoner of the machines. When he escaped‚ he realized that he lived his life in a virtual world that felt indistinguishable from the real world. In the Allegory of the Cave‚ the Prisoner thought that
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living out their daily lives without questioning their reality. The main character‚ Neo‚ is a matrix-bound human who knows that something is not right with the world he lives in‚ and is eager to learn the truth. He is offered the truth from a character named Morpheus‚ who proclaims that Neo is “the One” (chosen one) who will eventually destroy the Matrix‚ thereby setting the humans “free.” For this to happen‚ Neo must first overcome the Sentient Program agents who can jump into anyone’s digital body
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Brendon McNeil Social Issue Final Fall 2014 What makes something a social issue? Four individuals walk into a bar‚ a functionalist‚ neo-Marxist‚ an investigative journalist and a person of color and the topic of discussion is what makes something a social issue? A social issue encompasses issues that a small to representative group of people within a society disagree with or find undesirable. A social issue or a social illness‚ a topic or issue must both influence the society where that problem
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enlightenment but as soon as one faces reality then they can better themselves in order to free society of their ignorance. In the beginning‚ the cavedweller and Neo lived in a world of ignorance where they are stuck not knowing about the true reality that lies beyond their metaphorical cave. For Neo‚ the world around him is his cave that
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MATRIX MOVIE) In life‚ we have two choices: to accept the painful reality of the real world‚ and to believe the illusion of a perfect world. This was evident in the movie The Matrix (1999). The characters in the film‚ especially the main character Neo‚ have to choose to live in ignorance in what one believes to be reality; or to awake to the truth that what one sees as reality is an illusion. Oftentimes‚ I prefer to believe in wonderful ideas‚ the fantasy world‚ the happy ever after in fairytales
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In 1999‚ box office sales sky rocketed when the film The Matrix ’ was released. Filled with jaw dropping special effects and innovative kung-fu‚ the first film of The Matrix ’ trilogy was a must see for just about every teenage boy in the United States and many other countries as well. But it isn ’t just explosions and fighting that made this film special. The plot is one that leaves the viewer pondering and dreaming about the film for days after watching it. It involves almost the entire human
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