In Andrew and Larry Wachowski's 1999 film, The Matrix and Plato's Republic, "On shadows and realities, reality and illusion are one." The Wachowski brothers allow the viewer to see how reality and illusion can be confused, using a number of contrasting ideas found in Plato's analogy of the Cave, showing that sometimes the dream world can be safer than real life. a simulation that creates an imaginary world where people are trapped in reality, much like the mythological Plato's Cave. The cave keeps prisoners inside a dark cave, chained in such a way that they cannot turn their heads, and can only see what is in front of them. All they see is a wall that displays images of what appear to be people or animals passing behind them. These reflections or images are all the prisoners know of the world outside the cave. They only see what the puppet players want them to see: projections of objects that are not real but seem real because they have never seen the real world. The people in the Matrix only see what the machines show, making it difficult to wake up from a continuous dream show, trapped in an illusory world unable to break free. However, some are freed. Through much effort, Plato's liberated man escapes, only to find himself faced with a life of confusion and fear. With the Matrix, most die trying to escape, but once free, they are just as confused as Plato's freed man. His first reaction is to return to the cave, which is familiar to him and...