Imagine living through life completely bound and facing a reality that doesn’t even exist. The prisoners in Plato’s "Allegory of the Cave" are blind from true reality as well as the people in the movie "The Matrix" written and directed by the Wachowski brothers. They are given false images and they accept what their senses are telling them‚ and they believe what they are experiencing is all that really exists. Plato the ancient Greek philosopher wrote "The Allegory of the Cave"‚ to explain the process
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however‚ is outweighed by the bewilderment of his new reality‚ and he descends back into the cave to retrieve others. Furthermore‚ in The Matrix the Wachowskis write about Neo‚ who escapes his false reality and becomes enlightened by the help of Morpheus and his team of intellects. After training‚ Neo goes back into his false reality to save others who believe their surroundings to be true‚ which ultimately leads to a unified society. In both works‚ limitations and boundaries are overcome‚ and they
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wakes up in a dark future where he is taken by Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss). Then they are transported to the Matrix to find answers but also to fight against secret agents. During an ambush by the agents‚ Cypher (Joe Pantoliano) was the first to get out of the Matrix. After he gets out‚ he then shoots his own friend so that the others cannot escape. Cypher betrayed his group so that the agents can get Neo and Morpheus. This was deal made by Cypher between the agents
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One day‚ Neo meets Morpheus and when asked if he wants to know the truth about his life‚ decides to accompany him and hence leave the Matrix. Neo wakes up in a place full of mechanical pods where human beings are connected to cables. He is then released from the pod and transferred through pipes until he is rescued by Morpheus’ vessel. This senses are disrupted when he leaves the Matrix and this is why Neo has trouble seeing
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defines what humans see as reality. It shows that what we see‚ we know to be true. Plato wanted his apprentice to consider the option‚ that maybe what we know to be true is in fact a lie. The Matrix also relays this concept to the modern day world. Morpheus states‚ “The Matrix is a computer generated dreamworld.” This Dream-world is much like the shadow images that the prisoners in Plato’s cave experienced. The People in both believed the deception that veiled them from the truth to be real. When in
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truth is where they are because they haven’t seen anything else. Similarly‚ in the Matrix‚ the same thing happened with Neo. He tried to fight Morpheus and do the thing he did but he couldn’t because he didn’t believe in himself because he hasn’t seen the truth and when he see’s what the truth is and believes in himself he will be able to do what Morpheus does. Particularly because he hasn’t been in “reality” long enough. On the same token‚ the two texts are similar because both Neo and the Prisoner
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1. My experience in the Matrix is similar to your Allegory of the Cave in the sense that it has taught me how to perceive my reality and to differentiate between what is real and what is not. Your allegory talks about prisoners being trapped in a cave‚ restricted by chains with their backs towards the exit‚ only being able to see shadows produced by a source of fire. This means that the shadows are the only thing they know‚ which is their reality. Once someone is able to breakthrough and find
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Composition I 3 October 2012 The Matrix and the Allegory of the Cave What if one were living through life completely bound and facing a reality that doesn’t even exist? The prisoners in Plato’s "Allegory of the Cave" are blind from true reality as well as the people in the movie The Matrix. They are given false images and they accept what their senses are telling them. They believe what they are experiencing is not all that really exists. Plato‚ the ancient Greek philosopher wrote "The Allegory
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Throughout literature many books and movies have a hero quest. In the hero quest there are eight steps. The first being The Call; The Call invites the initiates to adventure‚ offering them the chance to face the unknown and gain something of physical or spiritual value. Sometimes initiates refuse The Call‚ but that can have dire consequences. The Matrix is an example of the hero quest. Neo is the main character of Matrix his name means‚ “The One‚” in greek. During the Matrix The Call begins in
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Neo is not an ordinary human in fact he is the complete opposite. “Neo” aka Thomas A Anderson has developed a deep interest in something called “The Matrix.” The Matrix is described by “Morpheus as a vague notion.” Neo then began to start to feel as if “There is something wrong with the world.”("Neo (The Matrix) - Character Background." Neo (The Matrix) - Character Background. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 08 Sept. 2016.”) Receiving a phone call by Agent Smith then begins his intense journey throughout the 21st
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