... . Only after viewing this film several times and focusing solely on the text and not the graphics, the viewer may recognize the depth of the script and the many philosophical concepts throughout. Plato's work "The Allegory of the Cave", a selection from his text "The Republic", is the strongest example of the use of philosophical views in The Matrix. Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" is a story used to describe the control that society and the government has over ordinary citizens. He begins his story by ... a fire which is burning in the mouth of the cave, the prisoners are able to see the...

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... . Only after viewing this film several times and focusing solely on the text and not the graphics, the viewer may recognize the depth of the script and the many philosophical concepts throughout. Plato's work "The Allegory of the Cave", a selection from his text "The Republic", is the strongest example of the use of philosophical views in The Matrix. Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" is a story used to describe the control that society and the government has over ordinary citizens. He begins his story by ... a fire which is burning in the mouth of the cave, the prisoners are able to see the...

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In the Allegory of the Cave Plato argues for enlightenment, but he also presents why choosing enlightenment can be dangerous and painful. The people who live in the cave believe that what they see is reality. Plato explains, that when a person is taken out of the cave that they will be "pained and irritated." Normally when some one is in pain they try and stop the pain in any way they no how ... whatever the cost is. The sun in this case is the source of the pain. When the man is being taken out of the cave he first sees the fire, when he looks at this fire "his eyes ache, so that he would tr...

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The Allegory of the Cave was a very enjoyable piece. I enjoyed it because of how it can be connected to life today, even though Plato wrote this piece THOUSANDS of years ago. To me there are so many interpretations that can be made of this story. After reading some information online, and discussing the reading with friends, the most common interpretation is that it stands for a journey to finding the ... easier to just see the "shadows" (which are the deceptions that we face in life). There is also another representation in the story, if you think about it, it is easy to see that this is a ba...

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... 's Republic because for one they are both prisoners their whole life. They both also walked outside of the cave. "The Allegory of the Cave illustrates the road we must take from shadowy images to the true Ideas behind all natural phenomena- (Price 57). Neo chooses to stay in the Matrix, in doing so he awakens from his vat. Neo has never used his eyes before ... in various metallic surfaces. "A common theme in Plato is how we mostly deal with images in life-(Ross). The shadows on the wall of the Cave are images of puppets, which are images of the Forms. The freed prisoner, from the Allego...

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... this world by not showing them what the truth is by deceiving them in everything that they do. Plato's allegory of the cave can also be seen in the Matrix. Plato's theory is that we are like prisoners tied up on the floor of the cave. But we usually cannot see the cave itself, all we see are the shadows on the wall. Thus like the prisoner in Plato's allegory that is freed and that goes ... and looks around, that also sees the cave and sees the fire burning which is producing the shadows inside the cave, Neo is ... ...

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