Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" is concerned about on how humans perceive things or the truth in particular. It shows how we gain knowledge. Plato claims that truth from what we see and hear are not real knowledge, and that there is another way of finding the truth which is philosophical. The allegory shows how the cave, shadows, game, escape and return of the prisoner symbolized different things a person would know if he/she would even try to look at things differently.
The allegory started with three prisoners tied up by a chain inside a cave where the fire behind them is the only source of light. They didn't have any choice but to look at the wall in front of them where they only see shadows as reflections of the things outside the cave.
The allegory started with three prisoners tied up by a chain inside a cave where the fire behind them is the only source of light. They didn't have any choice but to look at the wall in front of them where they only see shadows as reflections of the things outside the cave.