, Cave simile
The cave allegory
● Prisoners are presented with movie(prisoners since birth)
● All they do is watch it and it’s a shadow of puppets by puppeteer
● One of them escape to the outside world
● experience=confusing and painful
● Sees real world for first time
● When they re enter cave, they’re disorientated
● They are disbelieved,mocked and then killed
An allegory is a story where every element has a link/represents something else
From chapter 7, book 7 of the republic
The cave allegory
● Prisoners are presented with movie(prisoners since birth)
● All they do is watch it and it’s a shadow of puppets by puppeteer
● One of them escape to the outside world
● experience=confusing and painful
● Sees real world for first time
● When they re enter cave, they’re disorientated
● They are disbelieved,mocked and then killed
An allegory is a story where every element has a link/represents something else
From chapter 7, book 7 of the republic
