about the allegory of the cave by Plato. It explains the nature of reality and represents our desire to seek for the “light” which is our deeper understanding of the truth and the betterment of ourselves. The chained men are considered to be the prisoners. They are being nurtured by lies and forced to live a life accepting false reality as truth. Furthermore‚ people inside the cave had no choice but to accept and consider what they see and experience is true and real because they are being deceived
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cave there group of prisoners‚ who have been in the cave for their entire lives. The prisoners legs and necks are chained to the cave floor so they are unable to move and can only look forward at the cave wall. At the back of the cave there is a fire that they are never able to view. In between the prisoners and the fire there is a low wall with a path behind it‚ along which people carry pictures‚ puppets‚ and statues. These pictures‚ puppets and statues are all the prisoners are able to see‚ and
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existence. Plato explores the nature of our society by using the illustration of human prisoners who are chained in such a way that they cannot move their heads‚ unable ling them to see the outside world. This allegory is a symbolic representation of what reality can be to one‚ may not be a reality to others. The allegory of the cave commences with the description of a dark cave in which a number of prisoners have been held from birth. Their bodies are bound so that they cannot escape‚ they can
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It says that such a dramatic escape is unlikely‚ because the Chevalier could have asked politically well-connected friends to offer his jailers a bribe to free him. However‚ according to the professor‚ other prisoners who had even more powerful political connections were never able to bribe their way to freedom and that prisons records indicate that soon after the Chevalier’s escape‚ the ceiling of his room in the prison had to be repaired. The professor thinks
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Value of human life Type of essay: Narrative Tone: Passive‚ weary‚ symphatic Intended Audience: Adults. Summary of essay. The story is about the prisoner who is brought out of his cell for hanging. The writer realice the importance of life and think that the concept of hanging is wrong it is not a true solution for stopping crimes. When the prisoner is hanged everyone started chattering with each other Rhetorical Strategy (include example from text) Imagery “A a ellow tinfoll‚ was slanting
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of the Cave” by Plato‚ there are prisoners that are chained up in a cave with a fire behind them so that they can only face the wall and see the shadows of objects passing by the cave. They have never seen the world outside of the cave. One prisoner is then unchained and freed to the outside world. He then sees the different world and goes back to the cave‚ trying to describe the spectacular things that he saw to his fellow prisoners. However‚ the other prisoners do not believe him because they can
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was a vision that Plato described to Socrates about prisoners chained facing a wall of a cave so that they could not move. Chained there for their entire lives they could not see themselves or each other all they could see was the cave wall and shadows. Fire burned above their heads and behind them. Between the fire and the prisoners a wall lined path where people walk and carry vases‚ statues‚ and other artifacts on their heads. The prisoners could hear echoes of voices and could see the shadows
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it in human nature. Plato’s main concept presented in the allegory is that people see reality as the visible world presented in front of them — or in this instance — placed in front of the flame. He begins with the assumption that if a group of prisoners have their necks and hands chained down in a cave‚ they would be unable to see behind themselves‚ which would reveal the person working the show
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the way. The first entry of the allegory has Socrates describing a cave in which there are prisoners. The prisoners have limited sight since they are chained at the neck and legs and can see in only one direction. There is light from a fire which allows the prisoners to see shadows on the wall form passing men. My interpretation of this starts at the beginning. Actually one line which speaks of the prisoners; …here they have been from their childhood… (Plato (interpretation by Benjamin Jowett)‚ 2012)
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self-awareness among the prisoners? The prison camp used social alienation techniques to bring about the destruction of self-awareness among the prisoners. They treated each prisoner like animals and did not acknowledge them as human beings. The ability to cater to basic human functions as we do was taken away. This degradation broke the prisoners down and stripped them of their personal traits. This kind of treatment worked well in a group-style setting with other prisoners experiencing the same
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