The Myth Of The Cave Analysis

Over the years, conversations of the topics of Plato’s writings arise. The teachings from Socrates of the “Parable of the Sun, Myth of the Cave and Divided Line” have become very popular to the world. So popular that it has an impact on the movie industry, the stories are hidden in some movies. More movies depict the stories” The Divided Line and The Myth of the Cave “ rather than “The Parable of the Sun.” The movie, eXistenZ, is an example of “The Myth of the Cave and The Divided Line”, since the stories are very similar. The movie has many similarities to “The Myth of the Cave”, but can correlate better to “The Divided Line” for more structure.
Moreover,eXistenZ, has many different relations to each step of “The Divided Line.” The first
In, eXistenZ, there were many patterns within the movie. These different patterns in the movie included people with accents, a dog, and a infection. The accent pattern was first seen at the Gas Station with the gas attendent country accent; further on to the last resort at the Ski Chalet with the German doctor. Each level that they entered had a different accent along the way, also it became harder to understand as well. The second pattern was the dog; the dog played a very big role that was hidden. Every time a person was found dead or killed the dog was always in the scene. The dog went hand and hand with the gun; in the chinese restaurant scene after the chinese man is killed the dog rushes over and grabs the gun while everyone else is just staring. After once receiving the gun he takes it and licks it. Similar to the last seen except the guns were packed on the dog and he was left next to the dead victims. The dog in the movie seem to represent the grim reaper, if he was present or was spoken about death would be the ending. The last pattern is the infection; infection was spoken about by Ted. That was his worst fear and was spoke about frequently from him. It was spoken about so much that it went into Allegras mind; which resulted in her pod being infected in the second to last scene. Infection was such a big concern to Ted,
In the beginning when they are about the play the game Allegra is in the middle while having six people on each side of her, as in relation to the last supper. While in the last scene Yugenie plays the role Allegra had with the six to each side of her too. All the steps from “The Divided Line” connected to eXistenZ correlated very well. Each scene or scenes played a role to each step, from Imagination to Reason there was always a connection being made. When the movie is put into more depth and thought more connections start to arise; not only with the steps but with other relations all over the world that we know