Brandon HannaPHIL115May 1, 2014Plato's Cave and CreationAlthough many forms of philosophical entries have illuminated Hollywood, the allegory of Plato's Cave is most clearly visible in the film Inception. The theme of understanding reality in Inception can be linked to Plato's allegory of the cave. In the film, the main character Dom Cobb tricks his victims by trapping them in "dream boxes", similar to the chains in the allegory. Along the way, these victims believe that the world they dream of is reality, a parallel to the shadows cast by the puppeteers in Plato's Allegory of the Cave. Additionally, signs of truth (noumenal domain) outside of the characters' limited knowledge (phenomenal domain) are presented in various forms throughout the film. However, the cast of Inception refuse to believe what these individuals have to say, much like the allegory of the cave's interpretation of a prisoner's return to the cave after discovering what has been the true source of the prisoners' interpretations all along. Inception stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Dom Cobb, a professional thief who spies on corporate executives by infiltrating their subconscious minds. Cobb is wanted in the United States for being involved in the death of his wife, Mal, by performing these acts of entry into his subconscious. He is offered a chance to have his charges dropped as payment for a task considered impossible: "creation", the implanting of another person's idea into a target's subconscious. To accomplish this task, he hires a budding architect who is considered one of the smartest at the Paris School of Architecture. In the movie Inception, the characters are tricked into a false reality as if they are interpreting...... middle of paper... The problem Ariadne must overcome is how she will control her mind and allow her to compare all the events of his dreams come true. In summary, the movie Inception was loosely based on the philosophy presented in Plato's book. Allegory of the Cave. Although the story was quite similar, the plot contrasted with that of Plato and allowed the audience to experience another side of Plato's interpretations from a science fiction perspective. As the similarities are presentable by means of prisoners and actors trapped in the cave or in dreams respectively, they are both limited to this capacity for truth and have difficulty understanding whether certain people's interpretations of the idea in the noumenal domain are valid or not. . Being able to continue to evoke Plato's philosophy in modern times suggests how influential his work is as it still applies to today's world..