Socrates was one of the best philosophers that the world has ever seen. He was even put to death for some his teachings, and he accepted it. The also great Plato was one of Socrates’ students. Plato was also the author of the republic which holds his allegory of the cave philosophy. This allegory has been used in modern day, especially in movies. One great example of a movie that uses the allegory of the cave is Shutter Island.
Plato's allegory of the cave begins with prisoners that are chained up in a cave. They are unable to turn their heads or their bodies. There is some source of light behind them that allows them to be able to see their own shadows and showdowns of figures that are held in front of the light by people behind them. They also hear noises coming from …show more content…
They shun him
Lisinski 2 because all they know is the cave and they do not understand or believe what the man is talking about. They do not even wish to exit the cave because there is no better life to the best of their knowledge. The movie Shutter Island displays the allegory of the cave in its own way. At the beginning of the movie two U.S. Marshalls go to Shutter Island; a prison for the criminally insane. The main character Teddy Daniels and his partner are on the island to investigate the disappearance of one of the patients. When they get to the island Teddy immediately realizes that something is not right about the place and he believes that more is going on that is being seen. The night that the marshalls arrive on the island there is a bad storm that prevents them from leaving. This storm eventually turns into a hurricane. During the storm the missing woman turns up but the two men still cannot leave due to the hurricane.
Teddy is determined to get to the bottom of what is going on after the hurricane. He goes out to the building that stores the most unstable and dangerous criminals. In this building he
Plato's allegory of the cave begins with prisoners that are chained up in a cave. They are unable to turn their heads or their bodies. There is some source of light behind them that allows them to be able to see their own shadows and showdowns of figures that are held in front of the light by people behind them. They also hear noises coming from …show more content…
They shun him
Lisinski 2 because all they know is the cave and they do not understand or believe what the man is talking about. They do not even wish to exit the cave because there is no better life to the best of their knowledge. The movie Shutter Island displays the allegory of the cave in its own way. At the beginning of the movie two U.S. Marshalls go to Shutter Island; a prison for the criminally insane. The main character Teddy Daniels and his partner are on the island to investigate the disappearance of one of the patients. When they get to the island Teddy immediately realizes that something is not right about the place and he believes that more is going on that is being seen. The night that the marshalls arrive on the island there is a bad storm that prevents them from leaving. This storm eventually turns into a hurricane. During the storm the missing woman turns up but the two men still cannot leave due to the hurricane.
Teddy is determined to get to the bottom of what is going on after the hurricane. He goes out to the building that stores the most unstable and dangerous criminals. In this building he