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Homework: Introduction to Humanities Plato's Allegory of the Cave & AI Activity
Instructions: Complete this homework per the instructions found on the homework page in Canvas as well as those listed on this document. Type your answers directly into the entry fields. (They will expand as you type your answers.) When you are finished, SAVE your document and upload it to the homework submission site.
Section 1: Read Plato's "Allegory of the Cave," and then respond to the following question.
How confident do you feel that you understand the meaning of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" after reading it? Respond with either "totally confident," "somewhat confident," or "not confident at all." Explain why you feel this way.
Section 2: Complete the A.I. activity described in Step 2 of the homework instructions. After you have done so, respond to each of the following questions as thoroughly as possible in complete sentences.
A. What symbols from Plato's "Allegory" did Chat discuss for a fifth-grade level of understanding? What meaning did Chat provide for each symbol? (Remember to write in complete sentences!)
B. What additional symbols from Plato's "Allegory" did Chat discuss for a college-level student that were NOT discussed for a second-grade level? List all of them here, as well as the meaning or significance that Chat gave for each.
C. In the Allegory, the freed prisoner is literally blinded when he leaves the cave because his eyes need time to adjust to the bright light of the outside world,andagain when he returns to it because his eyes must adjust to the darkness. Tell what his blindness in eachcase means on a deeper,symbolic (not actual) level.
a. What does the freed prisoner's blindness when he leaves the cave symbolize about education?
b. What does the freed prisoner's blindness when he returns to the cave symbolize about education?
D. What is the reaction of the cave-dwellers to the freed prisoner when he first returns to the cave, and why? Also, what would they do to anyone who tried to force them to leave the cave?Explain why, in your opinion, they feel this way.
Section 3: Complete the activity described in Step 4 of the homework instructionsbefore you respond to the following questions.
A. Describe at least two interpretations that Chat provided for how we can relate to Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" today.
First interpretation:
Second interpretation:
B. Provide an example of how you can apply Plato's Allegory of the Caveto your own life by describing in detail a personal experience to which you can relate the meaning of Plato's "Allegory".(It needs to be something that happened to you personally.) Explain which part of your experience relates to theCave, and which part relates to the Upper World. Your response should contain a minimum of five complete sentences here. And don't Chat this response-it needs to come from you!