English 110
Goldenwest College
Post #2
"Allegory of the Cave" uses symbolism to express the unseen truth to the story. The "cave" plato is talking about is a person's subconscious. People are trapped in a cave within themselves that creates their hurt and grief. Plato uses chained prisoners in his representation of a cave. These chained prisoners in a cave represent the vast majority of people in the world which are misguided in seeing the truth towards enlightenment. Breaking free of your cave is the way towards the sun. The "sun" is our end result; the truth people realize throughout their life. Plato uses Socrates as an example of somebody who is already traveled far through that road towards enlightenment. Glaucon on the other hand, represents somebody who is just finding his journey toward the sun. He does this by showing clearly the power Socrates has over Glaucon. Socrates acts as a teacher, where Glucon acts as his student. Plato could therefore be trying to tell us to follow what socrates has to say about enlightenment.
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