Caves

astonishing what similar concepts that can be concluded after having read and watched these two pieces. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, which is a key part of his book The Republic, takes you into the journey of different stages of knowledge, which work together with the metaphysical world and epistemology. By Plato incorporating metaphors such as, fire, shadows, chains, prisoners, the cave, and real objects the connection with The Truman Show was made evident. In The Truman Show where you have…

relative values. A person cannot “be expected to show any gratitude for a culture which they have never received” (Plato 443). He also introduces a dual reality where the physical and comprehensible worlds exist simultaneously. In The Allegory of the Cave, Plato contends that there is a lower and higher level of understanding. We have the capacity to transcend the lower level of understanding and seek the truth only if we escape the darkness. However, humans are often confused of their own…

Lee A. Jacobus describes Plato’s allegory of the cave as “a story in which the characters and situations actually represent people and situations in another context (448).” Plato’s work is written as a conversation between himself and Socrates. The story describes prisoners in a cave, who have only seen what their captors let them. These captors, or “people with gear,” cast shadows on the walls, which the prisoners interpret as reality. Later, they set one of the prisoners free. After leaving,…

Content Knowledge: One concept that I understand better now is that Photograph is the world, it captures exactly as it is in that moment. Just like Susan Sontag does in her essay “In Plato's Cave”, as she goes through the many fabrications of what photography exactly is, the good and the bad of it. As I did expand on how I felt Sontag was right when she said “A photograph passes for incontrovertible proof that a given thing happened”, and how I felt that when a picture is taken, that event is…

defeated a miniboss, only to have it stand back up and laugh at you, saying “I have underestimated you! You are a worthy opponent! This is not the end! We shall meet again!” and make a getaway? Think about it. How many times do you beat up Balrog in Cave Story only to have him fly away without a scratch? How is Black Knight able to keep running away after Shovel Knight stabs the hell out of him? How come you black out if you lose a Pokémon battle, but none of the other trainers do? And how does…

country being taken over (Cleary). This belief has been seen multiple times throughout history, such as with the colonization of Africa by European nations. However, Plato and Chinua Achebe also include Imperialistic ideals in The Allegory of the Cave and Things Fall Apart respectively. In both works, Imperialistic ideals are included to signify how society can become tumultuous due to changes in culture and personal knowledge. The term “society” refers to both the people living within…

be a 9-5 schedule so I can get a great job help my future husband with bills and manage a family. I wouldn’t just discard the belief I had because it is always the women who has to take care of the family. This is related to “Plato Allegory to the Cave” because at first I only thought that women were suppose to be the ones that clean and cook around the house, because that’s all I ever knew growing up in a hispanic household. But, as soon as I grew up and went to different neighborhood with a…

reality in The Allegory of the Cave. Plato believed that true knowledge can only be found though education. He also believed that the role of teachers were to guide the scholar on the road to enlightenment, not direct their paths. The role of the government was also to be questioned to ensure that it was serving the greater good of the people. Plato wasn’t afraid to challenge the status quo and provided a powerful scenario with this particular writing. The Allegory of the cave is a…

The Allegory of the Cave & how it’s Symbols Relate We live in a media-soaked society; wherever we turn we are surrounded with pictures of how we should look, act, and even feel. Contingent upon our age, social rank, race, sexual orientation, and so forth. We are in truth advised to feel diverse things—there are standards we are required to satisfy. Although Plato's Allegory of the Cave can be viewed as a dark foreboding story, I believe that it's meant to be an eye-opener for everyone to stop…

dream and stuck in it? There are many questions that are difficult to answer. Two philosophers, Plato and Descartes give us a glimpse of the realities and possibilities of these questions in their writings. Plato’s literary work “The Allegory of the Cave”, Descartes’ literary work entitled “Meditation One of the things of Which We…