The Republic (The Allegory of the Cave)
1. What is lifelike for the prisoners in the cave? What are their conditions?
Life for the prisoners isn’t kind at all their ankles and wrists. They are forced to see shadows
on the wall that they believe are real. They haven’t seen sunshine their whole life and They are
forced to only see one thing which are their shadows.
2. What is the are some of the tings the prisoner sees in the cave (e.g. shadows…)? Do the
prisoners see shadows of themselves reflected on the wall?
Some of the things that the prisoners see in the cave are things that they think are very real which
are shadows and figures on and the wall. They do not see themselves reflected on the wall they
see strange figures on the wall which they think are very real.
3. Does the prisoner want to leave the cave by his own accord?
Yes, the prisoner has a choice rather they want to leave or not and if they do decide
to leave, they have to deal with unknown things like sunlight and strange objects on the
outside.
4. What is it like for the escaped prisoner when he first leaves the cave?
When the prisoner decides to get out, they go back to share, and they make them stare at a fire
and in the end out of their eyes and what they used most of their eyes which is the only way of
