This essay assignment is a primary source analysis on Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
In The Allegory of the Cave, Plato demonstrates the merits of enlightenment versus just accepting whatever you see/are told without question.
In your essay on The Allegory of the Cave, you are required to read the primary source. The textbook and online materials also provide helpful background information for the essay.
Your essay needs a brief introduction and critical analysis in comprehensive paragraphs with a minimum of 300 words. It should be based on your primary source reading and it needs to demonstrate your analysis of the documents. Three or more specific in-text source citations are needed.
Please consider the following questions when you write the essay:
What makes this an allegory?
How do the shadows support the narrative?
What does this story tell us about ancient Greece?
When the prisoners are released they can turn their heads and see the real objects. But, there is a hesistancy, why?
What is the message for us more than 2,500 years later?
Paper 1 – Guided Analysis of A Primary SourcePaper 1 – Guided Analysis of A Primary Source
Due June 26 at 11:30 PM
