The Cave Allegory

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“The Allegory of the cave” designed by Plato, one of the utmost eminent Western philosophers. Not only, he constructed an arch that in time will set a luminous path for the western theories to flourish in the future. Additionally, Plato viewed the world as a replica of the celestial world, which turned him to realize there is one divine being or one divine truth that humans should attempt to find. Therefore, this essay will discuss the implications of Plato’s Cave allegory in reflection on how humans might be blind to the truth, as a result of the unseen shackles that restrain them distant from the real truth, and how they might eventually feel and become more human without them.

In the Allegory of the Cave there are chained prisoners in cave who can only stare at the cave wall in front of them. At the back there is a long entrance with a staircase the width of the cave and a fire burning in the distance. They see only shadows projected in front of them from a raised platform and hear an echo that they attribute to what they observe. They talk about and name the shadows of objects they see before them. To them the truth are the shadows. Then one day one of the prisoners is released. He is told that what he saw before was an illusion. Once he is outside it takes a while for his eyes to adjust to the sun. First he observed the shadows of thing then their reflection and finally the actual object. Remembering his previous state he goes back to the cave and tries to explain that everything is an illusion but they laugh at him and think he’s crazy. They believe it best not to ascend and they choose to remain as they are. The cave represented opinion. The shadows that are cast on to the wall represented physical objects. The prisoners represented the common people (Welles).

I had an experience that each represents the symbol towards the Allegory of the Cave. My childhood was mostly in Jamaica where I lived with my father for two to three years. I can relate to the symbols from the "Allegory of the Cave".

The allegory of the cave is about education, about leading the soul from darkness into light, by stages. The ideological chains that bind and subdue human kind are stronger than any chain forged from steel. These shackles are freedom inhibiting and only belief and Truth can liberate humankind. Finding the Truth, leads to complete self-conquering and in turn brings Justice.

An allegory is a kind of story in which writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface story. One of the most important allegories ever to be gifted to humankind is Allegory of the Cave. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave is one of the most potent and pregnant of allegories that describe human condition in both its fallen and risen states. The Allegory of the Cave is Plato's explanation of the education of the soul toward enlightenment. It is also known as the Analogy of the Cave, Plato's Cave, or the Parable of the Cave. It is written as a fictional dialogue between Plato's teacher Socrates and Plato's brother Glaucon at the beginning of Book VII of The Republic.

Has someone ever looked at you and immediately disregard you for you are just because of your ethnicity? Have you ever done it someone? Racism is a huge culture issue that we have not only in America, but in other parts of the world, but it does not matter the color of one’s. What really matters is the character they have withheld inside but are not given a chance to express because someone didn’t even bother to give them a chance. This is idea comes from the book written by Plato, “The Allegory of the Cave” where in the book Socrates speaks of man being in a dark cave all their lives not realizing the truth until once they reach the end of the cave to see that the light is the truth. The truth is the reality of life.

2395 years ago Plato said, “Anyone who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light” (The Allegory of the Cave). Ever since, whether it be 2023 years ago or 9 years ago, Plato’s wise words still ring true. Enter Iron Age Greece, the Trojan war has finally come to an end and the victorious are more than ready to return home to their families with fame and fortune. Ready to see his wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus, the meritorious warrior Odysseus, the protagonist of Homer’s The Odyssey, sets out for Ithaca. Yet, his victorious adventure goes awry on his journey home and he must conquer 20 years of the gods’ wrath, vicious creatures, oddly hospitable hosts, and conniving suitors before he can finally have his peace. Flash forward and enter modern-day New York City, the home of Andrea “Andy” Sachs, Northwestern graduate, aspiring journalist, and a girl in much need of some fashion advice. Until, she gets a job at the most prestigious, couture magazine in New York, Runway. With the job comes Miranda Priestly, the Editor in Chief of Runway, and the creator of the impossible tasks and crazy requests, that require unwavering dedication from Andy. But, before she can achieve her dream, her life turns upside down and backwards, in the sinfully funny movie, The Devil Wears Prada. Although these two stories seem different, at the heart of both lies a

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In his allegory of the cave, Plato describes a scenario in which chained-up prisoners in a cave understand the reality of their world by observing the shadows on a cave wall. Unable to turn around, what seems to be reality are but cast shadows of puppets meant to deceive the prisoners. In the allegory, a prisoner is released from his chains and allowed to leave the cave. On his way out, he sees the fire, he sees the puppets, and then he sees the sun. Blinded by the sunlight, he could only stare down to view the shadows cast onto the floor. He gradually looks up to see the reflections of objects and people in the water and then the objects and people themselves. Angered and aware of reality, the freed prisoner begins to understand illusion

There are different interpretations of the word danger, such as leaning over the edge of a railing on a tall building or not drinking enough water. Similarly, there are dangers of being too open- or close-minded. The truth lies within realizing that there are dangers on both sides. It is not fair to say one is entirely more dangerous than the other. Values and ideologies exist on a spectrum, much like political beliefs.

Hip hop has been and still is a huge influence on pop culture. It sets the theme, tone and even style for the younger generation and the pop culture side helps you know which artists are in right now and which are not. Hip hop dates back to the 1970s created in the South Bronx but it only really became popular in the 1990s. According to the article Hip Hop and the Aesthetics of Criminalization by Andrea Queeley in it states that “hip hop was meant to express the Black and Latino experiences of urban poverty” but ended up hurting those races because it soon turned into perpetuating racist stereotypes and racial discourse. Personally I feel that at one point in time there were messages of positivity or takeaways in general about life and that

Hip-hop (also referred to as rap music) originated in Bronx, New York in the mid 70’s as an underground urban movement. The genre started off consisting as either “MCing” over a beat or mixing and scratching audio. This was also accompanied by the introduction of breakdancing and graffiti or street art by youth living within the inner city, a great majority of whom were African American teens. Hip-hop continued to gain in popularity throughout the 70’s and by the early 80’s it had become a huge commercially successful genre and had been incorporated into mainstream American music.

What if all we’ve seen all our lives is really an illusion of an alternate reality? The story of The Allegory of the Cave is about the perspective of reality compared between shadows and the world outside of the cave. Prisoners were taken when they were very young and chained in such a way where all they could see was the shadows projected on the wall in front of them with a fire blazing behind them, and an arched pathway so every time someone or something had crossed over that trail, the prisoners could see the shadows of the objects. To them, that was the real world and that is all they knew. A prisoner was let go to experience the outside world and couldn’t believe what he was seeing as he saw his reflection in the water and felt the objects

Hip hop has been around for years and plays a big part in culture. For some it's the best way for them to express themselves which mean it doesn’t degrade society. Many will argue that hip hop is leading to deaths and kids not finishing school because they heard it in their favorite song. While others may disagree saying hip hop is a culture and it uplifts people that it’s something you turn too in your time of need. “Urban neighborhoods across the country feed off of the energy that hip-hop derives from due to the social connection that it has with many of its listeners” says Danielle B . While Deejay says “Not only has mainstream hip-hop promoted a lifestyle of materialism, it has also helped promote an ideology of misogyny and violence