ENG 111 Paper 1

STEP 1
Read Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" in NM 141-146.

step 2

• Find and copy an image of a modern day cave or
• Choose one of the following images....

Choose a Cave

Choose a Cave

Choose a Cave

Choose a Cave

Choose a Cave

Choose a Cave

Choose a Cave

Choose a Cave

Choose Your Own Cave Image

STEP 3
Paste the image of ONE cave choice to a Word doc.

STEP 4
Describe the cave, using the five senses: it smells sounds, looks, tastes, and feels like....

STEP 5
Who lives in the cave and why?

STEP 6
Find four quotations from Plato's "Allegory" about the prisoners' chains, feelings, and choices to leave the cave or not.
Note the quotations' page numbers.

Remember, the cave dwellers must be
“. . . dragged up a steep and rugged ascent, and held fast until [they are] forced into the presence of the sun...” (Plato 143).

IMPORTANT!
These quotes must relate to the cave situation you will write about.

STEP 7
What makes the prisoners stay in the cave? How do they feel?

Come up with at least four kinds of chains. These might be physical or psychological.

STEP 8
What is the future like for those in the cave?

STEP 9
Put all of these steps and notes to them on your Word doc.

STEP 10
Upload on Moodle and go to the Paper 1 Assignment.

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