Melissa A. Reeves Plato‚ Descartes‚ and The Matrix Essay 02/14/2014 Phil 201-B15 Liberty University Professor Ronald Kuykendall In comparing the movie The Matrix and the readings from Plato and Descartes‚ the major similarity found among the three is deception. It is the deception of the mind that these excerpts deal with. The idea of being in an illusion or reality is addressed. All three take into account sense perceptions. Also‚ all three have an outside influence that is controlling the
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Analysis Paper: The Matrix The Matrix is a science fiction film produced in the 1999’s by the Wachowski Brothers that revolves around the idea reality is not what it seems to be. The movie is essentially about machines that have enslaved the human population‚ using people for means of bioenergy; that being body heat and electrical activity. The main protagonist is the character of Neo‚ a computer programmer‚ who finds himself continuously concerned about the idea that his world isn’t all he thinks
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The Matrix‚ The Cave And Meditations PHIL 201 John L. Hill II Liberty University John Hill Professor Allyn Kyes Philosophy 201 October 18‚ 2012 The Matrix‚ The Cave And Meditations Thesis: There are many similarities in the Matrix ( Wachowski‚ Andy‚ and Lana Wachowski 1999 )‚ The Allegory of the Cave ( Plato ) and Meditation I of The Things of Which We May Doubt ( Decartes‚ 1641 ). It appears as you take a close look at the Matrix that it is a retelling of “The
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CST 151 April 3rd 2013 The 9 Elements of film: The Matrix The Matrix is centered around the main protagonist Neo. Neo is in his late twenties‚ with a nine to five job working at a software company as a programmer. He has always felt something just wasn’t right about the world‚ and he felt it goes further than the injustices of worldwide hunger and war. One late night while coding some not so legal material for a friend he gets a chat request from someone with the sign name of Trinity.
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forever changing through the influences we experience in life. Often individuals struggle to define their identity. This is strongly displayed within the film distributed by Warner brothers pictures‚ The Matrix and the poem composed by W.H Auden‚ Funeral Blues through the use of techniques. The Matrix consists of a man named ’Thomas Anderson’ but also goes by the name Neo. The movie is based on his journey of seeking his true self. One night he awakens to his computer screen saying “Follow the white
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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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Mise-En-Scene In The Matrix Although the average viewer is rarely conscious of it‚ mise-en-scene is both a powerful and important cinematic technique in film. Mise-en-scene allows the director to guide the viewer s attention to what they should be looking at so that important details are not missed and trivial details are not focused on. Many effective elements of mise-en-scene are illustrated in the white room scene in The Matrix‚ in which directors Andy and Larry Wachowski use only minimal setting
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The Matrix‚ Fate Vs Free Will Fate and free will in the Matrix‚ fate is non-negotiable as the world is preprogramed. Human actions are predetermined so free will does not exist. When Morpheus offers neo the choice to follow him down the ‘rabbit hole’ or ‘stay in wonderland’ he is offering him the choice between fate and free will. In the scene where Neo first meets the Oracle‚ there is the possibility of learning what his fate is and his identity. In the final scene‚ Trinity reveals that she is
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This work of LTC 310 Week 1 Programs and Services Matrix consists of solution on the following task : Use the matrix to identify five different types of programs or services available for long-term care populations. Include a brief description of the program or service and identify the populations that may be in need of each. Indicate whether this type of service or program is available in your community and provide examples‚ if possible‚ of each. General Questions - General General Questions
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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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