This circumstance is experienced by the characters in Plato's "Myth of the Cave" in both metaphorical and literal senses. ... The prisoners in Plato's story can be compared to the children from Harlem in Bambara's story as the children also grew up in the metaphorical cave of Harlem, New York. ... Plato describes prisoners whom share a very similar mind set with Sylvia in which they never dare to leave their cave. ... Due to her acceptance of the experience and draw towards it this could foreshadow her in adult hood leaving her cave and never looking back as a prisoner...

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This paper will examine Plato's theory on education as described in the Allegory of the Cave. ... Plato's Allegory of the cave, which is his theory on education that ultimately leads to enlightenment, starts off deep in a cave where there are prisoners chained to a wall by their neck and legs, forced to look forward. ... A prisoner getting released is the start of "turning the soul in the right direction" in Plato's Theory of Education. ... " This is what Plato's Theory of Education is, it's making the student think for himself, make him formulate his ow...

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This is the basic premise for Plato's Allegory of the Cave, in which prisoners sit in a cave, chained down, watching images cast on the wall in front of them. ... Accordingly, to break free, we must open our eyes and see the truth about the world around us according to Plato. The truth for Oedipus being that he is a prisoner of his own beliefs just as the men were prisoners of the cave. ... In "Allegory of the Cave" Plato alludes to a direct representation of the human condition of typical behaviors in society. ... In the context of "Allegory of the Cave," Oedipus can be compared to the...

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Plato presents the Divided Line as an outline for his theory of knowledge. ... Imagine prisoners living in a cave. They have been chained facing the rear wall of the cave since childhood. ... Behind the prisoners on a higher level of the cave floor a fire burns. ... The Allegory of the Cave is an education process for the prisoner. ...

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