I would not describe being submerged in a mud bath as gently floating on top because theirs mud under you and theirs mud all over top of you. You’re kind of just stuck in the middle, i’d feel more stuck then gently floating on top.
Answer:The allegory of the cave is an extended metaphor and it provides an insight into Plato’s view of education. The people in the cave represent us as a society, and Plato is suggesting that we are the prisoners in the cave looking at only the shadows of things. However, the cave also represents the state of humans; we all begin in the cave.
