Purpose: Prove your understanding of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" and how it represents the levels of "understanding".

Format: You have a choice of three formats. Choose which one best fits your personality and ability.

• Illustration
• Comparison with movie or book having similar theme
• Original Allegory

The grading for this assignment will out of 50 points and will be as follows

I. Content/understanding (30 points) _____

• 1) Puppeteers
• 2) Puppets
• 3) Cave
• 4) Shadows
• 5) Sun
• 6) Outside the cave
• 7) Experience of the one able to leave the cave
• 8) Experience of the one upon returning to the cave to help those shackled
• 9)
• 10)

(Notice how criteria 9 and 10 are left blank. It is up to you to decide on two additional elements (relevant to the allegory) to include in your project)

 

II. Final Presentation (10 points) _____

 

For written project:

• Free of grammatical and mechanical errors
• Typed, double-spaced, correct heading with name, date, and title

For Illustration:

• Vivid colors
• Objects show clear representation
• Free of sketch marks/preliminary markings

 

III. Originality (10 points) _____

• Shows original thought

 

Total (50 points) _____