Explain the meaning of platos parable of the cave nbspusing


Explain the meaning of Plato's Parable of the Cave  using the following questions

  1. What does Socrates mean when he says the prisoners are 'like us'?
  2. What do the shadows represent?
  3. Whom or what does the free prisoner represent?
  4. Why is the journey out of the cave painful and difficult?

Word count is approximately 500-1000 words.

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