Wednesdays: The Cave by Gwendolyn Gray https://padlet.com/gwendolyn_ashley/cjmvw5taud58qmsv by Mumford and Sons en-us 2020-09-02 16:18:57 UTC 2025-11-13 16:30:50 UTC hello@padlet.com The Cave gwendolyn_ashley https://padlet.com/gwendolyn_ashley/cjmvw5taud58qmsv/wish/715400034 2020-09-02 16:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gwendolyn_ashley/cjmvw5taud58qmsv/wish/715400034 "The sun it rises slowly as you walk/ Away from all the fears and all the faults you've left behind" gwendolyn_ashley https://padlet.com/gwendolyn_ashley/cjmvw5taud58qmsv/wish/715413348 This opening verse draws similarities to Allegory of the Cave when the man first exits the cave, and finds himself blinded by the sun and does not know what this new world is like.]]> 2020-09-02 16:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gwendolyn_ashley/cjmvw5taud58qmsv/wish/715413348 "And I won't let you choke/ On the noose around your neck" gwendolyn_ashley https://padlet.com/gwendolyn_ashley/cjmvw5taud58qmsv/wish/715422516 This lyric is reminiscent of the way the prisoners were bound when they were in the cave. giving them a very one dimensional view of the world.]]> 2020-09-02 16:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gwendolyn_ashley/cjmvw5taud58qmsv/wish/715422516 "Now let me at the truth which will refresh my broken mind" gwendolyn_ashley https://padlet.com/gwendolyn_ashley/cjmvw5taud58qmsv/wish/715429235 Similar to how the prisoners say only fragments of the truth when bound in the cave, and were unwilling to accept the truth. Their minds has been twisted and broken by their narrow lens of the world.]]> 2020-09-02 16:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gwendolyn_ashley/cjmvw5taud58qmsv/wish/715429235 "So tie me to a post and block my ears" gwendolyn_ashley https://padlet.com/gwendolyn_ashley/cjmvw5taud58qmsv/wish/715436155 When the prisoners were bound in the cave they were tied to poles and had very limited hearing.]]> 2020-09-02 16:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gwendolyn_ashley/cjmvw5taud58qmsv/wish/715436155 "So come out of your cave walking on your hands/ And see the world hanging upside down" gwendolyn_ashley https://padlet.com/gwendolyn_ashley/cjmvw5taud58qmsv/wish/715440498 This correlates to when the man coming out of the cave to an unfamiliar word and is scared.]]> 2020-09-02 16:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gwendolyn_ashley/cjmvw5taud58qmsv/wish/715440498 "Cause I need freedom now/ And I need to know how/ To live my life as it's meant to be" gwendolyn_ashley https://padlet.com/gwendolyn_ashley/cjmvw5taud58qmsv/wish/715446393 The man finally learning the truth and is no longer blinded by the sun. He cannot go back to the cave now, as he has outgrown it.]]> 2020-09-02 16:34:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gwendolyn_ashley/cjmvw5taud58qmsv/wish/715446393