The Allegory of the Cave: Turn Around :: essays research papers

The Allegory of the hollow Turn AroundPutting the Allegory of the Cave into my own words seems comparable tothe Christian idea of using the lords name in vain. First, Id like tointroduce a phenomenon I endure observed end-to-end my sprightliness time. I call it soulresonance. Bear with me here. When two objects emit sympathetic vibrations,the sound or force multiplies. Example Two tuning forks of the identical frequencyare struck upon each other and held a few feet apart. The vibration is muchstronger. Something basic about each object recognizes a corresponding quality in theother, and amplifies it. As with so umpteen other laws of science, this lawapplies to many other phenomena. I believe this is what people feel when theyfirst take care the Allegory of the Cave . . . soul resonance. Somehow, somethingdeep inside tells them that here we have found a singular truth.The Allegory, taken as the story of one man, narrates his life fromignorance to enlightenment. He sits within a cave, facing away from a blazingfire. He stares at the wall opposite him, watching pretty shadow puppets. Helistens to the exotic, wonderful, and large words whispered in his ears by thepuppeteers. He would naturally turn around, or perhaps even stand, but chainsbind him to the ground, and the puppeteers have servants who hold his head inplace. One day, a situation arises where he finds that the chains are broken,and he stands. This is against the will of the servants, but they have no somatic power over him, if he does not allow it. He turns round and sees thefire and the puppeteers and then he realizes that all has been lies. He is notwhat they have told him. He does not feel what they have said he does. Thefire blinds him. The puppeteers, seeing they have lost another to knowledge,quickly get rid of him by displace him into the dark cave that looms off to theside, hoping for his demise. The man is lost, he has gone from darkness tolight to darkness once again. Something within him tells him to climb, and hedoes, scrabbling. He cuts himself many times, and many times he almost falls tohis demise on the rocky ground below. He pauses often. Until there comes atime when he sees a opposed light at the exit/entrance to the cave. When hesees this light, he is not sure whether this is yet another shadow puppet on thewall, but it is up(a) and that is where he must go.