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Jai Waetford: Different Worlds & Don't Let Me Go - Auditions - The X Fac...

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PRACTICE ESSAY

People judge every action you make everyday, good or bad, people judge people, it is in human nature. A person can be judged by one simple action they make by somebody they don't even know, and they automatically have an idea of what they think that person is like. They way people react to something has to do with the environment they come from. The characters in "Allegory" and "No Exit" each are very similar in the fact that each author uses similar literary elements and techniques such as imagery to portray the story to the reader.

In Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" the prisoners have been so underexposed to anything except being shackled in a cave until finally one prisoner breaks free and realizes to look beyond his own reality. If there was a loud crash outside the cave per say, the prisoner that now is curious and has more than one point of view and way of thinking in the world would most likely be curious to the situation and would want to go see what it was that caused the loud crash whereas the other prisoners would not because they are not aware of anything beyond the cave and the way they have lived their entire lives.

If you were to take the same scenario and place Garcin from Estelle's "No Exit", the opposite reaction than that of the free prisoner from "Allegory." Garcin knows his current reality, but he refuses to except that it is his reality. Garcin would hear the loud crash, but then probably think nothing of it because he doesn't want to face the truth of the situation.

You can take one hundred people and place them in the same situation, but how they interpret the situation are each going to be different, people may have similar interpretations but they still will have their own individual opinions and thoughts. This was clearly displayed by the authors of "Allegory" and "No Exit" because the characters have similar reactions, yet they are so different at the same time.

Thinking Outside The Box

Sartre is talking about denial when he is describing the limitations of thinking and how a person can't fully think when they are in denial. Plato is talking about limitations of thinking when he says a person cannot be taught by having knowledge passed down the them, they must learn it on their own and experience it for their self.

Sonnet Analysis

This cave is all I've ever known
Shadows dancing in the night
All I see around me is stone
The way that they move is quite a sight

These shackles will hold me down no more
This new found light is so very blinding
But now I see what has never been before
This world around me is a new discovered finding

My world in this cave has been a misconception
This is something that myself is incapable of explaining
But these prisoners in this cave have had but one perception
They will not believe the world that is remaining

This is beyond what I ever could've imagined
I can now see what this world truly beholds

Platos Allegory of the Cave

1. According to Socrates, what does the Allegory of the Cave represent?
It represents the fact that the reality we think we know may not even be close to what the real reality is around us, we just haven't realized or seen it yet.
2. What are the key elements in the imagery used in the allegory?
The prisoners represents the ignorance that we have, the sun represents the truth that we don’t know, the shackles represent all the draw backs in life that are holding us back.
3. What are some things the allegory suggests about the process of enlightenment or education?
It suggests that when are given opportunities we must take them.
4. What do the imagery of "shackles" and the "cave" suggest about the perspective of the cave dwellers or prisoners?
The shackles and the cave suggest that prisoners have no idea about life and what its really about. There are shackles on the prisoner’s mind.
5. In society today or in your own life, what sorts of things shackle the mind?
Well there are so many things in our lives that put shackles on our minds. In my life it's usually my parents and other people that I look up to that I'm learning from. I say this because they are the ones basically telling me what is acceptable in society and what is not, what is good and what is bad, but honestly I really don't know, and won't until I'm out on my own living my own life. Another huge shackle can be technology, specifically the internet. The internet can also be a huge influence because people, especially myself often turn to the internet for answers and we basically believe what we see on the internet, we are blind to the actual evidence behind the answer.
6. Compare the perspective of the freed prisoner with the cave prisoners?
The perspective of the freed prisoner is that he has seen what he though was reality, but what it now really is, but the cave prisoner only sees shadows so that is their only known reality.
7. According to the allegory, lack of clarity or intellectual confusion can occur in two distinct ways or contexts. What are they?
The freed prisoner is confused when he is released from the shackles because all he’s ever known is shadows so that is his reality. So when he enters the real world he must question what is reality.
9. The allegory presupposes that there is a distinction between appearances and reality. Do you agree? Why or why not?
Their is a distinction between appearances and reality because the shadows were just the appearance of something but not the true reality of what it actually is.
10. If Socrates is incorrect in his assumption that there is a distinction between reality and appearances, what are the two alternative metaphysical assumptions?
An alternative assumption would be that because all the prisoner’s had come to know were the shadows and because of that the shadows are their reality.