Jack Z. answered • 12/01/20
Knowledge comes from your own passion.
Symbolism is prominent in Plato's Allegory Of The Cave but the most notable are of the person's behavior when released to the world hidden from him or her. The fear is the most humanistic aspect visible which is why most find this part of the allegory most relatable. Uncertainty drives the mind to return to an area most comfortable and in Plato's intention this was intended to show enlightenment (thinking for yourself) as being a path of isolation and loneliness but confidence will come shorty after this new environment is understood. I've always compared this event of the allegory to the wise losing their friends due to views, his subliminal message here might have been the fact that your friends only assimilate with you solely because you agree with their thoughts.
The position the people in the cave are placed in transitions to our modern societies shift in mega corporate influence guiding public opinion and suppressing any individual opinions on behalf of the matter. Media is the most notable resemblance to the "gods" displaying the shadowed images on the wall. Control could summarize the Allegory Of The Cave both in the mind of people and the enforcement coming from just and unjust moral norms.
