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    Analogy of the cave. (25) Plato uses an analogy to help describe his philosophical ideas about the physical world and the World of Forms‚ he attempts to use the analogy to explain the difference between the two worlds. Plato uses his analogy to explain to others why the world of appearances is nothing but an illusion. Plato believes that reality must be found in the infinite World of Forms. The cave analogy is often said to be allegorical‚ meaning that different elements of the story are symbolic

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    Title: The Allegory of the Cave    Author: Plato    Date of Publication: First transcribed circa fourth century BC    Genre: Philosophical Dialogues‚ Parable/Allegory    Historical information about the period of publication:  The Peloponnesian war between Sparta and Athens was taking place and Plato saw  the military service during the course of the war. It had an impact on politics and  philosophy and the uprising of democracy made the ability to speak and debate become  important. The Sophists became very influential

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    Themes in Tom Jones

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    founder Jimmy Wales Read now Close The History of Tom Jones‚ a Foundling From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses‚ see Tom Jones (disambiguation). This article consists almost entirely of a plot summary and should be expanded to provide more balanced coverage that includes real-world context. Please edit the article to focus on discussing the work rather than merely reiterating the plot. (March 2011) Tom Jones TomJonesTitle.png Title page from the 1749

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    TOK Essay The Allegory of the Cave and The Matrix 03 December 2010 Many people think that what we know is not really what is real. This idea is shown through the story of The Allegory of the Cave and the movie‚ The Matrix. Both the movie and the story are similar (it is said that The Matrix is based on The Allegory) and the main plots of the two can be compared. In The Allegory of the Cave‚ the people are chained up by their legs and necks in a cave from an early age‚ facing a wall. From

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    of the Cave tries to show the difference between appetences and reality. Plato shows this this through people that have been chained in a cave their whole lives. He also shows his own perspective of wisdom and knowledge. He shows how people react to the unknown‚ especially when someone else knows and they don’t. He shows the idea of appearances through shadows that are cast along the cave wall that the people in the cave are facing. Now in the story one of the men gets let out of the cave and is

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    Tom Jones Essay

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    Joy Thompson Mrs. Larson AP British Literature and Composition December 11‚ 2011 Refusal to Return: Finding Bliss at Upton Although Tom Jones by Henry Fielding is appropriately known as a comic novel written to no set of absolute rules‚ the work shows many characteristics similar to epics. In epic novels the main protagonist is normally known for following a set series of events called “the hero’s journey.” The hero’s journey is often a three part adventure consisting of a departure‚ an

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    Cave Art Research Paper

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    The Magdalenian cave painters were also skilled in tool making‚ therefore they provided themselves with painting tools to help them create marvelous art on the cave walls. I believe art is a way of expressing how you feel or a way of telling your own story. Cave art may have had some religious significance to the prehistoric people. As stated in the article‚ cave art might have also been some form of hunting magic. I have to agree with this theory on the account of most cave art having some

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    Plato allegory of the cave (25 marks) Plato is one of the most important Greek philosophers and a pupil of Socrates. He founded the Academy in Athens‚ an institution devoted to research and instruction in philosophy and the sciences. His works on philosophy‚ politics and mathematics which were very influential.The complex meanings that can be perceived from the "Cave" can be seen in the beginning with the presence of the prisoners who are chained in the darkness of the cave. The prisoners are bound

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    Cathedral is a story about a man who started out as a closed-minded man but‚ throughout the story his character changes as he begins to bond with his wife’s friend‚ Robert‚ a man who is blind. Plato’s Allegory of the cave is a story about a prisoner who is freed from being locked in chains living all of his life underground and finding out a different perspective about a lie he’s been living his whole life‚ being told as a conversation between Socrates and Glaucon. In the stories‚ “ Cathedral” by

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    Period 6 June 11‚ 2014 Final The Devil and Tom Walker Tom Walker was the dynamic character in Washington Irving’s short story The Devil and Tom Walker. Tom Walker in my opinion changes toward the end of the story; he starts to come to the realization and see how good he had it in his life. Tom experiences an epiphany and changes dramatically by He became much more appreciative and caring of his life‚ surroundings and others. Meeting the Devil brought Tom Walkers greedy side out. He’d always been

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