Allegory of the Cave Questions

1. The Allegory of the Cave symbolizes the chains in which blind them from the exposure to new knowledge or information while others have those opportunities.

2. The key elements of imagery presented within the cave would be that we take the knowledge that is given to us and we don’t fight against it since we believe that we know the whole situation when we don’t. The usage of the word light means the vast collection of education and learning (limitless). 

3. The allegory shows that often times, we allow our knowledge to be controlled just like filter bubbles. In order to fully see what is going on, we must enlighten ourselves.

4. The imagery of shackles and chains is used to show the limits of knowledge. Due to these limits, the prisoners are chained to their beliefs and believe that it is the only correct thing out there since they think their is no other additional information. 

5. Similar to the shackles, traditions chain us down due to the fact that we do one thing and believe what others are saying if it’s a apart of the culture of the tradition.

6. The freed prisoner is used to express the sensation of enlightened and sees the world in a completely different life. 

7. The absence of clarity provides the audience with suspense and is shown throughout the story. The contrast between dark and light is used to show this concept in an exceptional way.

8. Knowledge is a choice for the prisoners, but they must be willing yo go out and learn, grow, and prosper.

9. There is a difference between appearance and reality within the Allegory of the Cave due to the fact that appearance (shadows) cause individuals to lose their common sense. 

10. Hypothetically speaking If Socrates is incorrect, every individual would be chained to their limited knowledge. This would cause major problems due to bias in which could lead to war, revolutions, etc.