Comparing Plato's Allegory Of The Cave And The Matrix

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Plato believed that even using our five sense which are being able to touch, taste, smell, see and hear is not a completely effective way to determine the real from what is not real. The Allegory of the Cave and The Matrix have so many similarities when it comes to what they both symbolize. Both act as a reality they are set so see but not the real truth. From the Book VII of “The Republic,” by Plato. Where Socrates is speaking with Glaucon about the prisoners in the Cave, that the shadows they see is what they choose to see and not what in reality it is. Plato’s allegory is a powerful metaphor for contemplating a divide between ignorance and enlightenment between the “visible” world and the “intelligible” realm. Plato’s allegory to better