false reality. Pluto’s Allegory of The Cave conveys a similar message. His scenario describes men who have spent their whole lives chained at the neck and legs inside of a cave, only able to look forward, never being able to turn their heads in any other direction. Men chained to a false reality would be the common theme between these two stories. The cables connected to the giant machines in the Matrix are the modern day neck and leg chains of Plato’s The Cave. The characters in each story are taught
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I (much to my disappointment) claim the ranking ‘must bullied.’ Me and my family been exempted from any festivals. It would be a shame, a curse for some poor or rich folk to get robbed by a filth like me or rob a filth like me. ‘I will find a cave of gold, it is the will of Ra!” I shouted while walking the path to the market. I wasn’t alone because Macy was up in a tree chowing down on some loaf of bread wearing ripped up clothes. She was dirty from top to toe and she replied so rudely. “You
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more specifically, Polyphemos. The similarities between myself and Polyphemos include our size, blindness, and how oblivious we can be at times. Odysseus and his men first meet Polyphemos when they enter his cave. Polyphemos sees Odysseus and his soldiers and traps them in the cave by moving a massive rock in front of the entrance so nothing could get in or out. The first similarity that Polyphemos and I have in common is our size. Polyphemos, and cyclops in general, are described as a big
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Plato’s Truth in “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara Imagine a prisoner who was born in a cave and have never seen anything besides a wall is one day released. When he leaves the cave and approaches the light, his eyes hurt and “he is not able to see anything at all of what are now called realities.” This metaphoric example shows that when a person is placed in an uncomfortable situation, he is first in denial. He doesn’t want to accept things that he sees as reality, continuing to live according to
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Hamlet reaches the seashore, the voice stops and he then sees a ghost ship floats into a cave. Again, the cave also acts as a factor generates the haunting feeling of the story. The reason I choose the cave as the location for the conversation is because I think the cave is isolated from the outside world. In the cave, there will be sound of the bat flying out of the cave because of Hamlet’s present. The cave would also be cover in mist to create a fading effect for the ship. Under the cellar entrance
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from the den and “compelled to look straight at the light?” What does the prisoner see when he is returns to the cave? What does he then feel about reality? What happens when a prisoner is released from the den and “compelled to look straight at the light?” What does the prisoner see when he returns to the cave? What does he then feel about reality? When the prisoner leaves the cave and looks straight into the light, he is left blind by the extreme brightness of it. However, after a while, he gets
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TOURISM IN INDIA: Travel and tourism is the largest service industry in India. It provides heritage, cultural, medical, business and sports tourism. The main objective of this sector is to develop and promote tourism, maintain competitiveness of India as tourist destination and improve and expand existing tourism products to ensure employment generation and economic growth. India has become a popular tourist destination with thousands of people visiting different parts of India each year. Tourism
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I can feel the room closing in and the air becoming short. What an idiot I was to think going into the caves was fun. It has been 10 hours since the cave in, at least that’s what I think. It’s too dark to see my watch or anything for that matter. Still, what kind of stupidity consumed me at the time of my departure to tell me not to bring a torch is beyond me. At least I bought granola bars and enough to keep me alive for a few weeks. Heck, I could survive for at least a month and in that time people
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involve art, fashion or racial tension. These interpretations influence how society views both the present time and the historical past whether they be good or bad. One topic of interpretation that had been studied during class was the Chauvet cave paintings in southeastern France. These paintings
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Whilst watching ‘The Conformist” the one thing that really struck me was the way the film was shot. Many of Sharff’s elements are combined including, cinesthetic movement, slow disclosure and separation. These elements are introduced straight away in the opening scene and set up the structure of the film. From the beginning, the use of these elements keeps the audience interested. In the opening scene there are so many questions that need to be answered, which keeps us guessing, but at the same time
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