Lauren Kopelove COR-125-29 10 Februaruy, 2014
Reader’s Response“
Allegory of the Cave” by Plato
Rhetor: While it seems that the prisoners are the rhetors, it is actually a conversation between Socrates and Glaucon, who is Plato’s brother. Audience: Other philosophers Subject: All we perceive are imperfect “reflections” of the ultimate Forms, which subsequently represent truth and reality.
Context: Philosophy and metaphors Response: Being unaware of the fact that this piece was told in a conversational form, I was veryconfused in the beginning of my reading.
Even after I realized this, I had a very difficult time understanding the deep messages within the piece, perhaps because it is written like an extended
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