Allegory Of The Cave Ap Language

Allegory of the Cave AP Language and Composition

Plato’s universally revered, “The Allegory of the Cave,” tells the tale of a conversation between Socrates and Glaucon, his noble student, providing a deep understanding of the imprisonment of the ignorant, and struggles of the enlightened. Biographically, Plato is influenced from his prior teacher, Socrates, who had a major part in the creation and impact of this allegory. An allegory is a story or poem that conveys a hidden and deeper meaning, or lesson, within the circumstances of the tale. Throughout the allegory, Plato’s diction and syntax is organized in a way, where the audience can extract their own “meaning” from his teachings; his use of rhetorical devices create different layers …show more content…
Putting this concept into the readers’ minds, allows him to indirectly succeed in the creation of the allegory -- make people think. Glaucon’s constant questioning is a form of rhetorical question, since it’s main usage is to allow Plato [Socrates] to continue his allegory, similarly to that of a plot device. “But is this not unjust? He said; ought we to give them a worse life, when they might have a better?” is asked by Glaucon, for the purpose of allowing Plato [Socrates] to make his next point. Glaucon’s frequent questioning, is a way for readers to take a moment and think about it themselves, formulating their own, personal reasoning. As each individual reader or listener reaches the end of the allegory, they have already sponged all sorts of different information, with all different forms of understanding and thoughts and opinions on the allegory. Plato’s genius writing style, serves for an allegory that unseemingly feels as though it is for the advanced, but in reality, is an enlightening tale that has an infinite number of meanings, otherwise, coinciding within a single …show more content…
Through my personal experience, I know that I have interpreted this allegory in different ways in comparison to my fellow classmates which may have seen a different perspective as well. However, the allegory covers such a vague subject, with an abundance of other matter within it, which can easily lead to one solid and reliable interpretation, or, truth. Not only that, but the allegory itself serves to be a very interesting tale itself, and provides a nice insight to the time period of Ancient Greece and how the culture and perception of philosophers were during this time. Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave,” is a universal piece of literature, which will most definitely stand the test of time, and continue to influence people into enlightenment, or relatively, making our society stand our ground against the truth and govern ourselves as opposed to be deceived and controlled by our own

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