Compare And Contrast Socrates And Oedipus The King

The darkness, the shadows, and the façade of reality are the only things known to the civilization that is confined within the walls of the cave. Light, fire, and reality; only a head turn away; yet to completely and suddenly change their life, to be unleashed from the shackles they were born into, and to finally reach the divinity of the truth, requires a vast amount of faith, courage and great desire to even take the first step near the light; a step out of the cave; a step into the epitome of knowledge, education, and enlightenment. Plato’s allegory of the cave represents his essential assertion about education; the notion that to reach enlightenment you must be brought as far out of the cave as possible to venture for the truth. “The goal …show more content…
The ones who believed that those with darker skin deserved less than them, are a good example of people born into the shackles of the cave. Though there were some who were able to escape the entrapment of society on their own, it wasn’t until MLK’s influential speech and guidance that an overwhelming amount of people started to turn their heads at the same time toward the light; toward the truth that all men and women are created equal. So how exactly does this relate to Plato’s assertion? Well, it further proves that bringing people out of the cave is indeed significant however it also disproves a part of Plato’s belief which is that those in the cave should be brought as far out of the cave as possible. MLK was not even born in the shackles of ignorance, but he still went back to the cave full of racists and bigots, to inform them of what they did not understand. He did not avoid his duty to guide the unknowledgeable out of the cave. He stood in the light right next to the cave full of ignorant