Right, Or Wrong?
...a very sophisticated piece of work. it has many interpretations and menaings. After reading "The Allegory of the Cave", I clearly visualized the story.According to Plato, he says, At the time being, allow me to present a character that shows how enlightened and unenlightened our nature is. Observe! People living the den below, who opens its mouth infront of the light and surrounds the den; from here those people have become from their youth, and can't move because
their necks and legs are chained, their eyes see only what is infront of them, and are not allowed by the chains to turn their heads. A fire is beaming on top and behind them, between it and the people, a raised way and a wall like a screen, like what marrionette players look upon, where they show the puppets.( Plato, #514) Plato is saying that the prisoners have been chained since childhood inside a cave. Their heads are also chained, so that their eyes are fixed on a wall. Behind the pridoners is an enormous fire, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised walkway, where shapes of various objects are carried. The objects cast shadows on the wall, which pull the prisoners attention.The prisoners think the shadows are real, because
the shadows are the only reality they know, even though they are seeing merely shadows of images. And if the prisoner is released and turns around to see the fire, his eyes will be blinded. Similarly if he is released out of the cave and into the sunlight, he will be blinded and not be able to see anything. I'm going to relate this interpretation of the allegory of the cave to my experience of walking in my parents shadow. I was ignorant of the truth, and at some point preferred to look at the shadows of resentment.
Plato explained that the chains are representatives of our society and our outside influences. I was chained to my parents demands and i didn't...
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