Allegory

An allegory is a story told on two separate levels; metaphoric and literal levels. Both the Matrix and Plato's "Allegory of a cave" are told on both metaphoric and literal levels. Both of these videos and same and different to each other. Some similarities between the two is the fact in both stories are viewed on another totally different levels fantasy and reality. In the stories both character(s) are prisoners in there own world. Also both character(s) are made to accept the fact of what is real to them by the senses that is isolated to created there humanity. The differences being in the Allegory of a cave their world is the shadows created by passing bystanders and as in the matrix Neo's world is in a computer program called the matrix. The prisoners are forced to accept the fact that the shadows are what is real to them because that is all they have ever seen where as Neo has to deal with what ever is plugged into his mind. Both character(s) are kind of limited due to the fact the prisoners cannot turn around but only look at a wall where as Neo has never truly used his own eyes. I don't see much of a difference besides the way the story goes about where the one prisoner who is released goes back to tell his friends of his discoveries where Neo is finding out things for his own benefits.