Context: Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" is a famous section of Plato's dialogue Republic. It is an allegory because nearly every aspect is deeply symbolic; the Sun, for example, represents the Form of the Good (and among later Christian thinkers, it represents God). But, as you will see (or already have seen) from the animated depiction of this allegory, it is the story of how one moves from taking one's beliefs for granted to their critical examination; it is the story of moving from images/ignorance to knowledge; it is the story of moving from the world of sensation to the realm of thought; and it is the story of a human's liberation.
Required Reading: Plato. (2000): pp. 20-42 and 55-58. View the video found at HYPERLINK "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EPz5z1pUag" \t "_blank" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EPz5z1pUag.
Assignment: Write a 3-4 page paper in which you explain how the trial of Socrates and the "Allegory of the Cave" are both examinations of the same idea: "That the unexamined life is not worth living for human beings." In your explanation be sure to touch on specific elements of the "Allegory of the Cave" and of the trial of Socrates. Your essay must include a Works Cited page, which will not count toward the minimum page requirement. You do not need to write an abstract.