plato's myth of the cave

PLATO’S MYTH OF THE CAVE

Plato's analogy depicts a group of people being imprisoned in a cave and being tricked into thinking shadows cast on a cave wall are all reality has to offer (they lived their entire lives this way, they've never been outside). But if you can somehow escape, you'll get out of the cave. For the first time, you will see sunlight and 3 dimensions and such, and your mind will be blown; you'll be blinded and confused. Then, you'll want to free others. But the majority of prisoners will not leave with you no matter what you say, convinced that the shadows are the real world.

The cave is an analogy that is trying to make a point about the real world. Consider a philosopher in a world of ordinary city people. Ordinary people don't realize how blind they are in their daily lives. If one such person suddenly started seeing truth, they would at first be blinded and confused. But then they would try to show others. But others won't really listen. If he pushes too hard, they will label him crazy and shun him, preferring to keep their lives comfortable.

It's a bit hard to come up with a "new interpretation" for the myth. This is the intended interpretation; scholars agree this is what Plato meant to suggest. A new interpretation would be ascribing something other than what he meant onto his story.

The movie "The Matrix" is a giant reference to Plato's myth, with the Matrix as the cave, and Neo being an escapee. Neo's first words outside of the Matrix are "My eyes hurt..."

CONFESSION OF SHOPAHOLIC MOVIE

These objects symbolizes in this movie:       

         i.            The Prisoners
-Rebecca Bloomwood

       ii.            The Chains
-Debt

      iii.            The Fire
-The sale

     iv.            The Shadows and the Images
-The feelings of having a lots of money where she can see the mannequin calling for her to buy the things.

       v.            The puppet Players
-The credit card

     vi.            The Old Man
-Miss Korch (force Rebecca to donates)

*Based on the setting which I have selected, I think the prisoner hurt her eyes when she was first liberated because when she know the truth that she was lots of debt it hurts her.

*In this context, the prisoner still insist that the images which she has seen before are much more real than the statue because of her addiction towards fashion and shopping spree.