Allegory of the Cave
Where are the prisoners located in the allegory, and what can they see from their position?
They are in a cave and can only see the shadows on the wall.
Where was the speaker born and raised?
What three places does Dante visit in his travels?
Heaven, purgatory, and hell
Where does Truman want to go throughout the movie?
Fiji
Give the "order" of the famous philosophers
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
What do the shadows represent in the allegory?
false information
What kind of books did the speaker read as a child?
English books about blue-eyed and blond haired children
Who is Dante's guide through his journey?
Virgil, the Roman poet
What falls from the sky at the beginning of the move?
A stage light
What type of philosophy tries to differentiate between right and wrong?
Ethics
What does the sun represent in the allegory?
The truth and goodnes
What does the speaker say her college roommate only had a "single story" of?
What familiar face to Dante and his guide see along the way?
Odysseus
Who is the director of Truman's life?
Christof
Which philosopher did not write down his ideas, we only know his ideas through his students?
Socrates
How do the other prisoners react when the freed prisoner tries to tell them about his discovery
They are violent and angry because they don't want to believe their reality is false
Who did the speaker herself only have a single story about
Their house boy, Fide
What does Dante see at the end of his journey?
The true vision of God
What is Truman's wife's name?
Meryl
Who founded The Academy in Athens
Plato
What type of person would be the freed prisoner according to Plato?
A philosopher
What is the problem with stereotypes, according to the speaker?
They only show one side of a narrative
What do the three circles that Dante sees represent?
The father, the son, and the holy spirit
What is the name of the town where the show takes place?
Seahaven
Who founded The Lyceum?
Aristotle