SYMBOLISM
What is...
THE CAVE?
How are the prisoners situated in the cave?
What is...
THEY ARE CHAINED TO THE WALL, UNABLE TO TURN THEIR HEADS OR MOVE?
DAILY DOUBLE?!???!!??! What is an allegory?
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
In the allegory, what is the symbol for us/the average person?
What is...
THE PRISONERS?
DAILY DOUBLE???!??!!?!??! What do the prisoners see, and assume is reality?
What are...
SHADOWS?
DAILY DOUBLE???!??!??! What word best describes the prisoner who is freed and shown the outside world?
What is...
ENLIGHTENED?
A PHILOSOPHER?
In the allegory, if the light is meant to symbolize enlightenment, what is the darkness intended to symbolize?
What is...
IGNORANCE?
The escaped prisoner's first reaction to the outside world
What is...
BLINDED, SHOCKED, DISBELIEF
DAILY DOUBLE?!??!?!??! Will the freed prisoner be able to convince the prisoners of that is really true or real? Why or why not?
ANSWERS MAY VARY.
No. People often resist the truth when it challenges what they’ve always believed, especially if they’ve never experienced anything different.
What does the Sun represent?
What is...
THE TRUTH/REALITY?
TRUE or FALSE: When the prisoner got out of the cave and began to see things, he immediately realized that his perception of reality had been flawed.
What is...
FALSE?
DAILY DOUBLE?!??!??!???! What does Plato's cave tell us about what we see with our eyes?
ANSWERS MAY VARY
not always the full truth—sometimes it’s just a limited or distorted version of reality
DAILY DOUBLE?!????!??!?!!! What do the chains symbolize in the allegory?
What is...
THE THINGS THAT HOLD US BACK OR DISTRACT US FROM REACHING ENLIGHTENMENT?
When the prisoner returned to the cave to enlighten his fellow cavemen, what do THEY (the other prisoners) begin to believe about leaving the cave?
What is...
THAT THOSE WHO LEAVE THE CAVE COME BACK WITHOUT THEIR "EYES" OR THEIR SIGHT/THAT LEAVING THE CAVE MAKES YOU CRAZY?
DAILY DOUBLE?!??!?!??!??!! Plato wrote this allegory to explain a traumatic event in his life. What was it?
What is...
THE KILLING OF SOCRATES?