"The Matrix" appears to be a movie of superb cinematography‚ gravity defying stunts‚ and an enjoyable‚ action-filled plot; however‚ through further analysis‚ it becomes apparent that it also explicitly parallels Plato’s "Allegory of the Cave". In both works‚ the hero--the chosen‚ enlightened one--experiences three stages: captivity‚ enlightenment‚ and a newfound sense of responsibility. In Plato’s "Allegory of the Cave"‚ people have been kept as prisoners in a cave since birth; there they are held
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machines and media have done this hand in hand. By developing technological advancements‚ media started to become more and more widespread. Mass media’s creation can only be possible with technology and machinery. The movies The Truman Show and The Matrix brought a new critical and almost prophetical perspective to new technological mass media‚ and its manipulative behavior. Both movies deal with virtual reality and a world of dreams and lies‚ and both of them give their message quite similarly: with
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that texts are connected through their similar themes and ideas displayed in their textual forms. Texts are allegories of human existence which simultaneously examining contextual ideas. This is seen the two texts‚ the Wachowski brothers’ film The Matrix (1999) and Orson Scott Card’s novel Ender’s game (1985)‚ through their mutual form of the science-fiction genre. These two texts allow the responder to gain new understanding of the values of the contextual times in which the text was composed.
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his title schizophrenia is the fact that‚ even by our industry’s standards‚ “architect” and “architecture” are terribly overloaded words. For many‚ the term “software architect” fits perfectly with the smug controlling image at the end of Matrix Reloaded. Yet even in firms that have the greatest contempt for that image‚ there’s a vital role for the technical leadership that an architect such as Dave plays. W What is architecture? When I was fretting over the title for Patterns of Enterprise
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The Virtual Dialectic: Rethinking The Matrix and its Significance David J. Gunkel Northern Illinois University Rather than designating the choice between good and evil‚ my Either/Or designates the choice by which one chooses good and evil or rules them out.1 The debates and decisions surrounding virtual reality‚ cyberspace‚ and other forms of computer-mediated communication have been‚ like so much philosophical reasoning within the Western tradition‚ organized around antinomies. One of the
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Captain Jack Sparrow‚ James Bond‚ and Spiderman. Accordingly‚ the heroic qualities of Odysseus can be still be seen in today’s modern day fictional heroes. Odysseus’s superior strength and athleticism resembles to modern day character of Neo in The Matrix. In the Odyssey‚ Penelope told the suitors that she would marry who ever was able to string Odysseus’s old bow and shoot it through twelve axe heads. Many suitors attempted this task but not a single one was even strong enough to string the bow. However
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Case Summary – Samsung Electronic Company: Global Marketing Operations GRBA 813 Fall 2008 Over the past 39 years‚ Samsung Electronics Company (SEC) has evolved from a low cost manufacturer of black and white televisions‚ to one of the most technologically advanced and prestige companies of modern day time. Throughout the 1990’s‚ SEC’s chairman‚ Kun Hee Lee‚ demanded that the company as a whole re-think their key fundamentals and set the stage for long-term commitments to investment in innovative
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sleep by similar illusions” (Descartes) placing the question‚ how would we “know the difference between the dream world and the real world?”(Synopsis: The Matrix) It is very interesting looking back at the works of Plato and Descartes in comparison to more modern works such as the blockbuster hit “The Matrix”. When examining The Matrix we see a complex world built by machines portraying to the human race a virtual world. This virtual world allows the human race to perceive a reality around
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presented by the movie “The Matrix”. Almost the whole of the human population is living in a complete delusion of their surroundings‚ thinking that they are actually living normal lives‚ when in actuality they are energy sources for giant machines. There is are select few that live outside the “matrix” and are mounting a resistance against the machines‚ but‚ like previously mentioned‚ what is the morally correct thing for the “resistance” to do. Leave the people in the matrix‚ or allow them to fight
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CASES FOR ANALYSIS ~ AQUARIUS ADVERTISING AGENCY 1. Analyze Aquarius with respect to the five contextual variables. How would you describe the environment‚ goals‚ culture‚ size‚ and technology for Aquarius? ANSWER: Aquarius is a middle-sized firm operating in a relatively unstable environment‚ particularly because in the industry it was common to lose or gain clients quickly because of consumer behavior changes or product innovation‚ sometimes with no advance warning. The technology is predominantly
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