LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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The one who uses reason
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The one who is Educated
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The one who doesn’t use reason
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The one who uses imagination
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Detailed explanation-1: -Socrates explains how the philosopher is like a prisoner who is freed from the cave and comes to understand that the shadows on the wall are actually not the direct source of the images seen. A philosopher aims to understand and perceive the higher levels of reality.
Detailed explanation-2: -The prisoners symbolize those of a sensible world unwilling to see or face reality. In their ignorance the prisoners hide away in the cave, unaware of the transcendent world. The cave symbolizes ignorance, where everyone begins without exception. The cave also represents misunderstanding and distraction.
Detailed explanation-3: -The allegory of the cave is supposed to explain this. In the allegory, Plato likens people untutored in the Theory of Forms to prisoners chained in a cave, unable to turn their heads. All they can see is the wall of the cave. Behind them burns a fire.
Detailed explanation-4: -The primary characters are Socrates and Glaucon. The passage in question is the “Allegory of the Cave".