LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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To talk about the reward for the just and unjust
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To tell that our soul is immortal
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to explain that the choices we make will have consequences after death
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To impress the reader by showcasing his story telling prowess
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the myth, a man named Er is chosen to bring the story of the dead back to the living. The Myth of Er is Plato’s last attempt to convince others of the profits of justice and lend legitimacy of his previous claims. It gives Republic a purpose by describing the concrete consequences of an unjust life.
Detailed explanation-2: -Plato is both a myth teller and a myth maker. In general, he uses myth to inculcate in his less philosophical readers noble beliefs and/or teach them various philosophical matters that may be too difficult for them to follow if expounded in a blunt, philosophical discourse.
Detailed explanation-3: -For Plato, myth is a means of bypassing reason and tapping straight into the more dominant emotional and irrational aspects of the soul. It is also a means of reaching beyond the limits of reason and language to grasp at profound, even mystical, truths – a means, if you like, of saying the unsayable.
Detailed explanation-4: -There are many different Greek philosophers, and they all had different ideas and attitudes towards the gods. Plato is addressed well in the other answers: He often spoke of “God” and believed in spirits, but not necessarily in the myths about the gods.
Detailed explanation-5: -myth, a symbolic narrative, usually of unknown origin and at least partly traditional, that ostensibly relates actual events and that is especially associated with religious belief.