It’s an undeniable reality that the ancient Greek philosophers understood the meanings of the material as well as the cosmic universe, the way they are portrayed in their writings. In Allegory of the Cave, Plato is speaking metaphorically. The cave is a metaphor for the reality which we live in. The story is the same as The Matrix in the fact that there are different realities that are believed in. Even though there are obvious differences, you can tell the movie drew from Allegory of the Cave immensely.
In Allegory of the Cave, there are people who live in a cave under everyone else. They’ve been there since they were little and can’t go anywhere due to the fact that they’re bound by their neck and legs. Since then, they haven’t seen anything but the shadows that the fires allow. A prisoner is freed and gets pulled from the cave and into the actual world. When the prisoner comes back to the cave, he would be blind. The others would think that leaving the cave hurt him and that they should never do it. Basically, they would hurt anyone who tries to take them from the cave. And when he just babbles on about what’s on the outside, they’ll just think he’s crazy and …show more content…
However, in The Matrix when people are taken out of the matrix, they are in a world that is dreary, dark, and a lot more morbid than the life they were living in the matrix. In the matrix, lives were normal. Everyone had families. In reality, you have no one. Outside of the matrix, you’re alone being attacked by huge robots. With Plato’s version, we can move out of the darkness and into the light, beyond the shadows, out of the cave, and into a greater world. With The Matrix’s version, we’re provided a miserable world. The content fantasy that is the matrix is nicer and easier than the harsh reality of AI having taken over the world and wanting to destroy
In Allegory of the Cave, there are people who live in a cave under everyone else. They’ve been there since they were little and can’t go anywhere due to the fact that they’re bound by their neck and legs. Since then, they haven’t seen anything but the shadows that the fires allow. A prisoner is freed and gets pulled from the cave and into the actual world. When the prisoner comes back to the cave, he would be blind. The others would think that leaving the cave hurt him and that they should never do it. Basically, they would hurt anyone who tries to take them from the cave. And when he just babbles on about what’s on the outside, they’ll just think he’s crazy and …show more content…
However, in The Matrix when people are taken out of the matrix, they are in a world that is dreary, dark, and a lot more morbid than the life they were living in the matrix. In the matrix, lives were normal. Everyone had families. In reality, you have no one. Outside of the matrix, you’re alone being attacked by huge robots. With Plato’s version, we can move out of the darkness and into the light, beyond the shadows, out of the cave, and into a greater world. With The Matrix’s version, we’re provided a miserable world. The content fantasy that is the matrix is nicer and easier than the harsh reality of AI having taken over the world and wanting to destroy