The Matrix and The Allegory of the cave
Analysis
Plato describes prisoners chained in a cave, unable to turn their heads. All they can see is the wall of the cave. Behind them burns a fire, while puppeteers, behind the prisoners, hold up puppets that cast shadows on the wall of the cave. The prisoners are only able to see and hear the shadows and echoes cast by objects that they cannot see.
Plato describes prisoners chained in a cave, unable to turn their heads. All they can see is the wall of the cave. Behind them burns a fire, while puppeteers, behind the prisoners, hold up puppets that cast shadows on the wall of the cave. The prisoners are only able to see and hear the shadows and echoes cast by objects that they cannot see.
In Matrix, we are in the same case, mankind is only aware of its existence through machines. However, the machines, like the puppeteers, also share that false reality. Then, Plato continues his account of the liberation of one of the prisoners and his discovery of both worlds: the real world and that created by the puppeteers. That is exactly the pattern of the Watchowski brothers' movie. Thus, to realize that he has “been living in a dream world”, Neo has to “free his mind”. Plato also imposes a mission on the “One” who discovers the dual worlds; he has to free the other prisoners. That is Neo's mission, he will save humanity by showing everybody the truth.
In that way, Matrix appears to be a philosophical metaphor of self-consciousness setting itself free.
"The truth in the real world is very different from the truth in the Matrix. Neo realized that his alter ego Mr. Anderson is simply a virtual worker in a typical office. Neo also realized that he is a slave, and had been living in the matrix. According to Protagoras, Truth is relative by means of “Homo Mensura”. The truth really hurts for Neo. Socrates (Free prisoner in the Allegory of the cave) can be the symbolism for Neo in this case."
These are the philosophical perspectives of the film relevant to the allegory of the cave.
"The truth in the real world is very different from the truth in the Matrix. Neo realized that his alter ego Mr. Anderson is simply a virtual worker in a typical office. Neo also realized that he is a slave, and had been living in the matrix. According to Protagoras, Truth is relative by means of “Homo Mensura”. The truth really hurts for Neo. Socrates (Free prisoner in the Allegory of the cave) can be the symbolism for Neo in this case."
These are the philosophical perspectives of the film relevant to the allegory of the cave.
LEE SHEN YEEK 1200771
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