Representations of the reality in the Cave Myth, by Platão and Room (2015), Lenny Abrahamson

Abstract

The myth of the cave was written by Plato, at about two thousand years ago and it still brings current reflections, as basis and inspiration for some works, mostly being a philosophical, political and social reflection, which was the intention of the Greek philosopher while writing about it on his book titled Republic. However, the myth was considered the representation of reality by virtue of its relationship with literature. Consequently, in the cinematography work, Room (2015), dialogues with the work by Plato were noticed. From analyzing the works, it was thought how the reality is being represented on both constructions. Thus, the present research aims to analyze by the comparative method, the representation of reality in Plato's Myth of the cave and the movie Room (2015) by Lenny Abrahamson. Starting from the theoretical presuppositions of Compagnon (1998) this article, through bibliographical research, will present the relation between literature and reality. Subsequently, it will bring some cinematic interlocutions with the myth and observe relevant characteristics between them.