“The Allegory of the Cave”
50 Essays, p. 284
Plato
Answer questions 1-4. Write your responses on a separate page.
1. Explain the analogy the speaker makes in paragraph 5.
2. Characterize the tone of Socrates, the principal speaker, and then the tone of
Glaucon, his student.
3. Read paragraph 29 carefully.
 Explain the implication the speaker makes about the way humans live.
 How does such a characterization apply to life today?
4. In paragraph 35 Socrates explains the allegory he has thus far made. How does he
make this passage persuasive? Analyze his rhetorical strategies in this passage.
Choose one of the following to answer last:
5. Identify and explain the distinction made in paragraph 49.
6. Describe the education recommended in paragraph 51.
7. Analyze the argument of paragraph 65.
“The Allegory of the Cave”
50 Essays, p. 284
Plato
Answer questions 1-4. Write your responses on a separate page.
1. Explain the analogy the speaker makes in paragraph 5.
2. Characterize the tone of Socrates, the principal speaker, and then the tone of
Glaucon, his student.
3. Read paragraph 29 carefully.
 Explain the implication the speaker makes about the way humans live.
 How does such a characterization apply to life today?
4. In paragraph 35 Socrates explains the allegory he has thus far made. How does he
make this passage persuasive? Analyze his rhetorical strategies in this passage.
Choose one of the following to answer last:
5. Identify and explain the distinction made in paragraph 49.
6. Describe the education recommended in paragraph 51.
7. Analyze the argument of paragraph 65.