LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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The Poets
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The Carpenter
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The Philosopher
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The Tyrants
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Detailed explanation-1: -Plato posits that one prisoner could become free. He finally sees the fire and realizes the shadows are fake. This prisoner could escape from the cave and discover there is a whole new world outside they were previously unaware of.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -All rights reserved. Once they escape the Cave, the freed prisoner is initially angry and upset because their eyes burn in the overwhelming sunlight. But eventually, their eyes adjust, and they see the world for what it is, a new reality.
Detailed explanation-4: -3. What do these prisoners trapped in the cave believe is real? they believe their shadows are real.