Hwang, Eunju;
(2012)
플라톤의 동굴의 비유로 본 영화 <매트릭스>: 자유와 진실의 의미 재고 /
Analyzing The Matrix in the Frame of Plato's Allegory of the Cave: Rethinking the Meaning of Liberation and Truth.
동서비교문학 / Journal of East-West Comparative Literature (JEWCL)
, 2012
(26)
pp. 145-165.
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Abstract
This article analyzes a 1999 film The Matrix, directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, in the frame of Plato's allegory of the cave. In Plato's allegory of the cave, this article particularly focuses on the part where the prisoner goes back to the cave after being released from his chains, in order to let other prisoners know the truth. Why is the truth important to know and why should the truth be shared? Why does Neo, the protagonist in The Matrix, have to liberate others? While trying to answer to the questions, this article examines the meaning of liberation and truth, through the allegorical connection between the film and Plato's allegory of the cave. In order to analyze both the film and the allegory of the cave, this article delves into Heidegger's concept of authenticity. This article also argues that differentiating hyperreality from reality is not as simple as the film's binarism between the matrix and reality represented by a levitating ship called Nebuchadnezzar. As Heidegger observes that there is also fire(the truth) in the cave(a false reality), this article includes the matrix in the realm of reality, rather than defining the matrix as opposing to reality. This article analyzes a 1999 film The Matrix, directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, in the frame of Plato's allegory of the cave. In Plato's allegory of the cave, this article particularly focuses on the part where the prisoner goes back to the cave after being released from his chains, in order to let other prisoners know the truth. Why is the truth important to know and why should the truth be shared? Why does Neo, the protagonist in The Matrix, have to liberate others? While trying to answer to the questions, this article examines the meaning of liberation and truth, through the allegorical connection between the film and Plato's allegory of the cave. In order to analyze both the film and the allegory of the cave, this article delves into Heidegger's concept of authenticity. This article also argues that differentiating hyperreality from reality is not as simple as the film's binarism between the matrix and reality represented by a levitating ship called Nebuchadnezzar. As Heidegger observes that there is also fire(the truth) in the cave(a false reality), this article includes the matrix in the realm of reality, rather than defining the matrix as opposing to reality.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | 플라톤의 동굴의 비유로 본 영화 <매트릭스>: 자유와 진실의 의미 재고 / Analyzing The Matrix in the Frame of Plato's Allegory of the Cave: Rethinking the Meaning of Liberation and Truth |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.kci.go.kr/kciportal/po/search/poSereAr... |
| Additional information: | Copyright ©2014 Korean Society for Comparative Literature of East and West: Permission is granted to make copies or digital copies of all or part of this work for personal or educational purposes. |
| Keywords: | 플라톤, 동굴의 비유, 매트릭스, 본래성, 가상현실, 시뮬라크라 / Plato, Allegory of the Cave, The Matrix, authenticity, virtual reality, simulacra |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10199339 |
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