Matrix Essay

The Matrix Essay
Compare and Contrast The Matrix with the readings from Plato and Descartes. What are some
similarities and differences?
An Essay
Submitted to Jason Elvis
BY
Williestine Harriel
Liberty University online
September 24, 2012
Compare and Contrast The Matrix with the readings from Plato and Descartes. What are some
similarities and differences?
After reading The Matrix, and reading from Plato and Descartes, I find that there are some
similarities and differences. Therefore, let's begin with The Matrix and Plato, The Allegory of the
Cave. The Matrix and Plato have the same similarities because they both tell of characters being in
a world that what they was experiencing is an illusion or some kind of...show more content...
Also, searching the Bible will give them good reason for believing in it. Especially, if they have
good justifiable reasons to hold to a particular belief. In contrast to The Matrix, when one reads of
how Neo was pulled into his dream of what he said was the real world inside The Matrix, he sees
the real world for the first time and he had reasons to believe, and the evidence of everything that
what he thought was real was only an illusion, as the shadows from the statues and the things on
the wall from the cave. In fact, Plato and Neo in The Matrix had motivation and an epistemic
obligation. That is, to form their belief to feel responsible and obligated to try to take upon
themselves to go back. But the difference with Neo in The Matrix is he had to fight the artifical
beings in the the dream to save mankind from the enormous widespread of being ignorant and being
deceived of a false reality
Finally, when comparing The Matrix to Descartes, Meditation 1: Concerning Those Things That
Can Be Called into Doubt, Descartes says, "he wanted to be certain, and he wanted proof that his
senses were not deceiving him." He used a form of skeptical reasoning to consider if his world is
experiencing is being deceived by an evil demon. In contrast, of The matrix, Neo sees his evil
demons as the artifical beings that are deceiving him and the real world. However, in the Bible, it
says, "that evil demons
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Essay on The Matrix
I'm sitting in a chair, talking to a man that I've wanted to know for a long time. His name is
Morpheus; I know that he knows more than I do about the world and how it works. Now it's my
turn, in each of his hand's there is a pill, in one there's a red pill and in the other a blue pill. The
red pill will have me further my knowledge and the true nature of things will be revealed. The blue
pill stops any further knowledge and my perception of things will remain unchanged. I take the red
pill. Why do I take the red pill?
First of all, let's consider the way I am. I am a very nosy person who likes taking chances and risks.
If I'm given a glimpse of what is real how can I go back?...show more content...
So I take the red pill, I am shown a whole new world that I never knew existed before. This world
shows that the human race doesn't rule the world, computers do. These computers are using our
energy. To maximize our energy, they give us a visual reality, The Matrix. The world that I once
knew is now not a world at all. It's a computer game. A virtual non–existing place that, an hour ago, I
knew to be the truth.
Now, instead of the Matrix that I was in, I am in a ship. The real world is a very dangerous place.
I am always in fear of being hurt, captured, or even killed by the computers that now rule the earth.
I eat nasty gray goop that called my food but it's not the food I once knew. I am constantly on the
run when I am in the Matrix and am always being hunted down. Instead of me being at a job,
sleeping in a real bed, eating a real meal, I am in reality.
Am I glad that I took the red pill? The answer is yes I am. I am not blinded by my ignorance. I am
shown what is the real and what is not. I miss the Matrix but yet am happy that I'm not living a
lie. The blue pill would've shown me nothing and to this day I would've been wondering what I
missed. I would've been upset taking the blue pill because I still knew that there was something
else out there and I missed it and can never have the chance to see it ever again. The red pill was a
good

Essay about The Matrix
The Matrix
Written and directed by the Wachowski brothers, 'The Matrix' is a science fiction film, which was
released in the year 1999. It was the first film to use the now famous camera technique of 'bullet
time' and also introduced wirework martial arts into conventional cinemas. Its vision of the future is
similar to other science fiction films such as 'Men In Black' with the agents always wearing
sunglasses and the idea of man vs. machineevil. In the opening sequence of the film, I am going to
analyse the effects of different camera shots, as well as other factors, which engage the viewers'
interest.
The film appeals to its target audience by many different features. For men there...show more
content...
These sorts of settings can also be found in horror and crime films.
The very first thing that the viewer can see is a computer with green numbers coming down the
screen. This green tinge is continued throughout the opening scene. It suggests that the film is a
science fiction film, and it creates un–realness throughout it.
The next things that can be seen are policemen with torches. The corridor that they are walking
along has no lights apart from the torchlight, creating tension. The torchlight is focussed on two
officers who are advancing towards a door. This grabs the viewers' attention and makes them look
directly at the officers. The light is then pointed towards the door. When the officers kick down the
door and walk into the room, they direct all their torches on Trinity. This focuses our attention on
Trinity, suggesting she has a central role in the film.
The camera then moves outside the hotel, where there are no streetlights. The only lights are
coloured white, blue and red from the police cars, suggesting an element of danger in the film. The
darkness and the police cars further enhance the suspense and the idea that action is about to happen.
When the agents arrive, their faces are lit up. We notice that they have absolutely no

The Matrix is the war between man and machine, and the possibility that reality is a deception. In a
sense, the Matrix is a constant struggle of identity and reality. This struggle of identity and reality is
based around the character of Thomas Anderson, an ordinary person living a mundane life.
Thomas Anderson has two separate lives and much of the dual life is lived by contrast. By day, he
works as a program writer at a respectable software company, and by night, he lives the life of a
hacker, alias Neo. Throughout the film, Neo is engulfed in a constant struggle of finding himself, his
purpose, and also what reality actually is. Though he lives two separate lives, he finds himself
wishing for another.
The identity and reality that...show more content...
The purpose of Morpheus is not to tell Neo what the truth is but to only show him the path that he
must take to discover this truth, and Neos identity will be revealed through this truth. Their first
"upload" known as a residual self–imaging program, gives a mental projection of the digital self. It
is here that Neo realizes the distinctions between reality and fantasy. In this program, he is taken a
step closer to finding out what the truth really is. When in this program, he believes that an object
such as the chair in front of him is real because he can feel it. Subsequently, Morpheus informs him
that reality is not based on senses, because if reality and senses were the same, reality would simply
be electrical signals processed by the brain. Morpheus also reveals the truth about the fantasy Neo
had been living throughout his life in The Matrix. He said "The Matrix in itself is a computer
generated dream world, built to keep humans under control, so that machines could consume
energy by harvesting them." When Neo heard this, he didn't want to believe it anymore. Neo
struggled with the idea that he didn't know what he was and if he or what he was living in was
real. He began to question whether choosing the red pill was a good idea to begin with. He wants
to go back, but he realizes that he can't.
After Neo is exposed to the truth, he wakes up in a corridor and again takes up on another
conversation with Morpheus, who gives his apology for

The Matrix Philosophy
In The Matrix, the audience follows an elusive computer hacker named Neo. After finding
mysterious messages on his computer, Neo starts his search for Morpheus, the one he thinks is
responsible for the communication. Subsequently, Neo locates Morpheus, but when he does it is
under a completely different set of circumstances. A circumstance he would've never imagined to be
possible. A circumstance where he discovers that true reality completely opposes what he originally
thought. The Matrix draws parallels with the philosopher Plato and his "Allegory of the Cave." This
movie also incorporates countless philosophical ideas and theories and really gets the viewer
thinking about the big questions. Such as, is ignorance really bliss? Can one's...show more content...
After watching the movie, it can be decided that ignorance is in fact bliss. Containing a lack of
knowledge and longing to attain it leads one to not suffer towards the path of truth. Most people do
not wish to challenge the world, they do not wish to exert themselves to attain knowledge. Instead,
they wish to live within their own bubble, not expanding their views on life. They live within their
own perceptions of reality and are content with it. While people who do challenge the illusions of
life have a greater depth of wisdom than those who do not, they do not have the advantage of that
bliss. These philosophical minds carry the burden of true knowledge. this idea can be brought back
to the movie. As neo is given the choice between the red and blue pill, one signifying bliss while the
other, the truth. This means that the two do not correlate, one cannot have both bliss and
knowledge. No matter how much pain it would bring Neo, he chose the red pill. He chose to know
true reality and expose it to humanity, rather than continue on living in an pseudo utopia. The matrix
fully portrays the idea of ignorance being bliss through the storyline and protagonist's

The Matrix : The Themes Of The Matrix
A world where everyone lives inside of a simulation that is being controlled by machines after
humans lost the war, but they are unaware that it is not the real world. A group of people that are
trying to take down this simulation called The Matrix. The directors, Lana Wachowski and Lilly
Wachowski, use themes, chemistry, and special effects to capture attention and makeThe Matrix the
greatest film ever made.
In The Matrix, many themes contribute to the greatness of this film. The theme of freedom is
expressed in many ways. When Neo takes the red pill instead of the blue pill he had set himself
free from the Matrix, a simulation designed to keep humans trapped so machines can use them as
batteries; this shows that Neo chooses the harder path of freedom rather than the easier, yet
ignorant path of imprisonment. Another example is when Neo dies at the end of the film and his
mind has not been set free and he is still being restricted to the things he could do in the Matrix,
but when Neo brings himself back, his mind has been completely freed and he became capable of
inhumane things, such as being able to move at incredible speeds and being able to stop bullets in
midair. Another theme in The Matrix is the theme of man versus machine, which is portrayed all
throughout the film. A battle breaks out between the machines and the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar,
a hovercraft that the crew uses in the real world, but for the crew to stay alive, they need to use an
EMP, but they cannot

Matrix Essay Matrix
"The Matrix" is an action–packed, Oscar–winning, sci–fi extravaganza starring Keanu Reeves as
Neo. Buddhism is an ancient religion built on the teaching of the original Buddha with a goal to
reach nirvana. On first glance these two things could not be more different from each other, or could
they be? In actuality, "The Matrix" encompasses many central themes of Buddhism like freeing the
mind, and uses images such as spoons and mirrors.
The need to free the mind is a core element of both Buddhism and "The Matrix." Many Buddhists
claim that "the illusionary nature of the world consists in our knowledge of the world" (Brannigan
103). Our minds interpret the world based on our perceptions. Buddhism deliver us from the
"epistemological...show more content...
There is also another mirror usage in the movie such as the mirror–finished glasses that are only
worn in the matrix by those freed from the Matrix. They do not cling to the false images of the
Matrix (Brannigan 102).
Another image used is the spoon. In the Matrix, there is a scene with a young bald child holding
a spoon. He says to Neo, "Do not try and bend the spoon, that's impossible. Instead, only try to
realize the truth...there is no spoon. Then you'll see that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only
yourself" ("The Matrix"). This strongly resembles the Zen Buddhism flag parable in which monks
argue about whether the flag moves or the wind moves. A third monk tells them that "neither the
flag nor the wind moves. 'It is your mind that moves'" (Brannigan 103). In both instances, the
monks and Neo are stuck between the two concepts and must let go of those two things. Their
minds become too fixed to see the truth. They must free the mind by letting go and opening
themselves up to experience. This ties back into the mirror image as Neo sees his reflection in the
mirror of the spoon. This is a moment "represents clarity and truth" regarding the boy telling Neo
that "there is no spoon" (Brannigan 102). We cannot be fixated on images as they like mirrors can
be distorted especially since the spoon is concave/convex surface and prone to distortion. However,
some portions of "The

Essay on The Matrix
The Matrix
The Matrix is a science fiction movie about artificial intelligence computers replacing mankind. I
believe that this movie is a common type of display from the media is common paranoia so that
they can get a reaction from people and sell their story. In the case of The Matrix, the movie dazzles
people with awesome special effects using modern computer technology, which I find ironic. I find it
self–conflicting and hypocritical for the media to use modern computer technology for their own
good to show people how bad technology is. Amy Bruckman and Howard Rheingold would
probably find this movie interesting in that it disagrees and agrees with certain aspects about their
beliefs about the use of computers.
The Matrix...show more content...
At the end of the movie he does so and saves all of mankind from the A.I. Only a superhero could
save the common man from the Matrix. Throughout all of this the watcher of the movie is
experiencing the newest and most advanced form of computer, digital computer special effects up to
this point in time.
I find that the underlined theme of the movie is that A.I. is bad. I also see that the good people in
the movie used lots of advanced technology that was not A.I. to help Neo in his quest to defeat the
Matrix. So I think that the movie suggests that there is no point in developing technology to great
extents because one day it will catch up to us and possibly be the end of us.
It seems to me that Rheingold would see no such problem as this in the future and technology
could only benefit mankind. He suggests that online communities are good. He designed the Well,
which is a place online where people can find chatrooms to find an online community that suits
their needs. For example, in his article in Cyberspace he shows how his daughter had a tick and his
online community helped him to remove it faster then his doctor could call him back, thereby
benefiting his daughter by removing the tick and himself because he needed not pay the doctor to
perform the task. Nowhere in his article does he show how there is any bad in online communities.
He only shows more specific examples to support his argument.
I am not suggesting

Plato, Descartes, and the Matrix Essay
Plato, Descartes, and The Matrix
Kyra Eigenberger Liberty University
Deception is the foundational issue prevalent in The Matrix, Plato's allegory of the cave, and Rene
Descartes meditations. In each of these excerpts the goal of answering the question of what is real
and how to uncover the truth is essential. Another question that arises throughout all three excerpts
is whether or not the individuals will be able to handle the truth when it is finally learnt. In The
Matrix Morpheus reveals to Neo that the life he had previously accepted as an absolute reality is
really a virtual reality that is manipulated by a computer which is essentially controlling the mind of
every individual as they lie unconscious connected to this...show more content...
Much like Neo from The Matrix, this man chose to briefly continue believing the lie, since it was
more familiar. Eventually this man begins to accept this new reality by placing the knowledge of
what he now knows to be true about the shadows and reflections and builds upon these facts until
he reaches the principle that the sun, the very thing he previously discounted as artificial, was in
fact genuine and in a sense responsible for most of his deception inside of the cave. Finally,
Socrates claims this man would feel joy now that he is completely liberated from deception and has
sympathy or the other's that are still living in a false reality. This is where The Matrix and Plato's
allegory are somewhat dissimilar. While Socrates characterizes the liberated man in high spirits, Neo
does not demonstrate this same pleasure after learning the truth.
Unlike Neo from The Matrix and the aforementioned liberated man from Plato's excerpt, Rene
Descartes voluntarily and readily accepted that there were many deceptions in his life and was
eager to uncover the truth. Congruent with the other excerpts, Descartes recognized that his senses
and experiences had deceived him in the past, so he resolved to find truth outside of these
approaches. Descartes' semblance to The Matrix and Plato's analogy is also discernible when he
recounts how the misconceptions he formerly held are familiar and comfortable, making him
susceptible to regressing back to those

Analysis of Film The Matrix Essay
Analysis of Film The Matrix
The Matrix, released at Easter in 1999, is both a piece of cinematic entertainment and a film
portraying religious and philosophical allegories. The Matrix can therefore be viewed from two
different perspectives; purely as an action film or instead on a deeper level, exploring the more
insidious values hidden in the plot.
As a piece of cinematic entertainment, the Matrix was a very successful film release. It contains fight
scenes, chase sequences and special effects to rival any other film released during 1999. The
matrix was a Hollywood blockbuster. In order to be successful it had to appeal to a wide audience.
Like any other typical blockbuster, the matrix...show more content...
In places this was filmed using slow motion but some parts of the film needed to be done in 'bullet
time photography.' This involved using computers and many cameras in different positions all set at
different times. The complexity of using bullet time is shown by the fact that it uses almost 12 000
frames a second! The Matrix uses almost every kind of visual effect that existed before it's
production, but basically took each one a step further.
The characters in the Matrix assist in producing a high–quality film. The costumes are interesting,
and symbolise different groups– the agents all wear the same suits and people from Zion entering
the Matrix all wear sleek, black leather, forming a cool collected image.
Other valuable features of the film include effective cinematic imagery such as Trinity holding the
gun to an agent's head before saying 'Dodge this.' This is ironic, as Neo has just been dodging
bullets shot by the same agent. Another example of effective cinematic entertainment is the lobby
scene as Neo and Trinity attempt to rescue Morpheus. When asked to remove any metal items they
open their long jackets to reveal masses of guns. They then go on to fight many security guards.
This is good because when they open their jackets you are both shocked and amazed.
The Matrix is littered with remarkable scenes such as these that help to make it the

Plato And The Matrix Essay
In "The Matrix" and Plato's Phaedo and Republic questions of what makes up a whole and
fulfilling life are answered. Both The Matrix and Plato provide alternate forms of reality, one that is
based on truth and is fulfilling and one that is based on a false reality that offers false forms of
fulfillment. The Matrix and Plato show the difference of living a life in a true reality and a "fake"
reality where everything inside this reality is fake making the lives inside this reality fake. True
education, the ability to recollect, and knowledge of reality gives people the ability to live their
lives in truth and give life meaning
Education as seen today and in the Matrix is simply the acquisition of knowledge. Knowledge can be
acquired through...show more content...
This is undesirable because it is the equivalent of being blind, "Do you think that those who have
true belief without understanding are any different from blind people who happen to travel the
right road," (Republic 457)? Living in a state a blindness and false reality makes up the the state
of false knowledge in "The Matrix". In "The Matrix" everyone is born into a false sense of
education and knowledge. People of the Matrix represent the prisoners in Plato's allegory of the
cave in the sense that "the prisoners do not realize they are prisoners; to the contrary, they deem
themselves free...they are ignorant of their ignorance," (Griswold 128). Everyone is a part of a
sophisticated program where everything is merely code. This means that anything learned
through education in the Matrix is not true education as Plato would see it because it is being
downloaded, "The Matrix is everywhere...It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to
blind you from the truth...you are a slave Neo...born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or
touch. A prison for your mind," (Griswold 128). Although the Matrix may seem desirable
compared to the reality of the world outside of the Matrix, people are not experiencing true
education or freedom because the reality they live in is fake. The process of gaining true education
for both "The Matrix" and Plato comes from a process of questioning reality to learn what one
already knows. This forms the

Ansoff Matrix Essay
We will now analyze the corporate–level strategy of Patanjali using the Ansoff Product and Market
Growth Matrix. There are four components of Ansoff Matrix– market penetrations, market
development, product development and diversification and we will discuss each of them in detail
below.
a)Market Penetration: It focuses on expanding sales of the existing product in firms existing market.
This can be achieved by a combination of pricing strategy , sales promotion and marketing and the
objective of the firm is to be the dominant player in that market by driving out the competitors and
increasing the loyal customer base. This would make it less risky and require less market research
for the firm to expand as it can utilize its existing resources...show more content...
This strategy requires the firm to develop products appealing to existing markets and the business
will have to develop new competencies. This strategy emphasis on research and development, market
research on customer needs and innovative ideas. This usually happens if the firm has a huge
customer base and the market for existing product is reaching saturation and thus market penetration
strategy could not be applied. Patanjali in its part focused on quality, purity and affordability and
the followers of Baba Ramdev formed its core set of customers. Patanjali started making amla
(gooseberry) juice which happened accidently. A group of farmers don't know what to do with excel
gooseberries as the price was very low and there was not much demand. At that Patanjali introduced
this new drink – 'Amla Juice' to the market which was an instant hit. The introduction of new
product was little riskier as they didn't knew how the product would be accepted by the customers,
but after the drink became hit, they introduced various varieties of juices likes Aloe Vera Juice,
Hing digestive golis and also personal care products like shikakai, sherbets and spices that Indians
otherwise shopped at gramudyog outlets. They also plan to introduce other products from baby care
to garments and from bio–fertilisers to healthy food, and also organic cotton

Thesis Statement For The Matrix
Table of content page
Introduction 3
Sequence analysis 3–4
Film form and style 4–5
Topic: Thesis statement: Sequence analysis, film form and style as depicted in the film,The Matrix.
The matrix is an action and untruth movie. The matrix was released in 1999. There are two worlds
that exist in this...show more content...
The camera moved in a slow pace while in circulation motion. This is a general term for all the
manipulations of the film strip by the camera in the movie. This happened when Neo dodged the
bullets by bending backwards before smith shoot him in the side of the leg. The blue colour
represent "the real world" of Zion and also symbolise the body. The yellow colour appear in the
matrix world and represent the spirit and even Heaven. The green colour that appear which is the
colour of the matrix and it also indicate the mind. In this new axis–switched medium close–up, we
see more of Neo's face and less of Trinity's face. We see that in terms of profile and as well as the
darkness. Neo was now more on–axis with the camera and is lit brighter. The display features of
special frame that allows the skirt of the coat to flare a little just as it does on screen. In these film,
they used mise–en–scene dominantly to build mystery within the pill scene. Regular
cinematography, editing, and dramatic sound effects were also used, to captivate the audience and
build tension. Morpheus is gave Neo an opportunity to view reality from another perspective, and
forget the world he once knew. The act began with a close–up, an important shot used to create
confusion as the viewers is unaware of the setting. The act itself contains leading of close–ups and
reverse

The Matrix, By Gregory Bassham Essay
In the film, The Matrix, a world exists where machines rule over the human race, using them as an
energy source. The film plays with the idea of a real versus simulated world. In addition to reality,
the film portrays certain Christian and non–Christian based themes. These themes are discussed by
Gregory Bassham, along with the presence of religious pluralism, in his article "The Religion of The
Matrix and the Problems of Pluralism." Bassham's article is unbalanced and does not follow his
thesis statement; however, he employs topic sentences to introduce new ideas and explain how they
are relevant to his argument, and secondary evidence to prove his claims.[Thesis statement doesn't
explicitly say whether the rhetoric techniques are good or bad. ]
Despite Bassham having a thesis statement, his article is not organized to follow his thesis in a
balanced manner. Real Text: Reading and Writing Across the Disciplines claims that "[a] good
organization acts like a compass for readers, helping them know where they are headed and keeping
them from feeling lost. Organizational patterns orient readers in a variety of ways; they can recreate
the familiarity of walking a well–known path or they can play with a reader by offering suspense
and surprise" (Ward 12). For a paper to be well organized, it must offer a hand in hand guide.
Without the guide that the organization offers, a paper can be confusing and hard to navigate.
Bassham does not quite achieve this level of

The Matrix: Technology Fears of a Dystopian World
Millions of people flock to the movie theater year after year on a quest to be entertained. Even a
mediocre movie has the ability to take the audience to another place, escaping the realities of their
own life, even if for just a few short hours. Some movies are simply pure entertainment. And then,
there are those movies that provoke conversation long after the film has been viewed. Despite the
popularity of the recent films The Hunger Games and Divergence, the dystopian theme in film is not
a new one. The Matrix shows a society where humans exist without any freedom. The film, not only
entertaining but thought provoking as well, paints a world with two different dimensions, a world
very much like today's when the film is closely examined. The Matrix questions the benefit of
technology and influence over society.
Like today's world, in The Matrix technology dominates society. There are two dimensions in the
film: the artificial intelligence world and the "real" world. The AI world is painted in all the glories
of the world the viewer knows: a world where choices are "made" by the individual and "supposed"
freedom exists. Morpheus offers Neo an opportunity to see the world for what it really is and break
free from the bondage of technology, "You take the blue pill– the story ends, you wake up in your
bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill– you stay in Wonderland and I
show you how deep the rabbit–hole goes." The humanistic need to mentally

Marxist and Semiotic Analysis of the Matrix
THE MATRIX The Matrix was written and directed by Andy and Larry Wachowski. It released in
1999. The film belongs to the science fiction genre and revolves around a young man by the name
of Thomas Anderson who is on a quest to discover what the mysterious "Matrix" is. The movie
draws inspiration from a Japanese anime known as "Ghost in a Shell". The Wachoski brothers
incorporated many signs and symbols into the movie relating to Christianity, Greek mythology and
Marxism. It contains several references to the book " Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll.
There is much that can be interpreted by reading in between the lines of the film and it is for this
reason that I have chosen to analyze the text of the film.
THE MATRIXAND...show more content...
The underlying meaning has moral, social, religious, or political significance, and characters are
often personifications of abstract ideas as charity, greed, or envy. Thus an allegory is a story
with two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. Neo is "The One". The Oracle
has prophesied that "The One" would hail the destruction of the Matrix, end the war and bring
freedom to the people. In short, he is the saviour of the human race. This can be compared to the
story of Christ. He was the Saviour who had been prophesied about and would bring about the
freedom of mankind. Neo is an icon as he represents the saviour.Christ was betrayed by one of his
own disciples, Judas Iscariot. In the film, the role of the betrayer is represented by Cypher. Towards
the end of the movie, Neo is killed and comes back to life. This represents the Death and the
Resurrection of Christ.
There are several other signs and symbols that occur during the movie that have references to
Christianity. For example, Trinity is the name of one of the main characters. This can be considered
as a symbol for the Holy Trinity. The name ofMorpheus' ship is the Nebuchadnezzar. This is a
reference to King Nebuchadnezzar mentioned in the book of Daniel in the Bible. In The Matrix,
Zion is the underground home of the free humans. Zion is used as a generalized metaphor for a
mythical city which could be considered to be the last hope for humanity. It recieves mention in

Essay on The Matrix
The Matrix Interweaves much symbolism, mythology, philosophy, and psychology. On the surface,
the movie challenges the dominance of technology in our culture and predicts an apocalyptic result
from the use of artificial intelligence. Yet, behind the human struggle for survival is a mythical
backdrop upon which are backlit some of C.G. Jung's basic ideas regarding the human psyche. These
Jungian ideas include the ego–Self relationship and how it relates to the persona, the shadow,
individuation, and the transcendent function.
The earth has been decimated due to a battle for control of the earth between the AI's and humans; the
Matrix camouflages this decimation. Humans are artificially created and sustained by the AI
superstructure. Then...show more content...
The reference to Jesus Christ in this scene implies that Neo represents the human psyche beginning
the individuation process. Neo meets a woman named Trinity at the party. Trinity tells Neo that she
is aware of his desire to know what the Matrix is. "It's the question that brought you here. What is
the Matrix?" (The Matrix). Trinity is the one who will lead him towards the underworld. Jung called
the her a soul figure, one that occupies an area or boundary between the personal unconscious and
the collective unconscious. Trinity is also associated with a person's calling or fate.
Trinity, as a "three" figure, is incomplete. Jung writes, "the number three is not a natural expression
of wholeness, since four represents the minimum number of determinants in a whole judgment"
(Storr 275). Jung believed that the number four represented wholeness in the human psyche. If one
were to re–arrange the name Neo slightly, it would be the word "one" The separateness of the
numbers "one" and the "three" in the movie, of Neo and Trinity, represent an incompleteness in the
human psyche. As we shall see, the joining of Neo and Trinity is what effects the change necessary
for Neo to overcome his adversaries at the end of the film.
Early resistance of the ego characters occurs after Neo's initial recruitment by Morpheus' group.
Neo has a meeting with his manager after arriving late to work. His manager says, "You have a
problem with

Matrix Essay
Epistemology is the nature of knowledge. Knowledge is important when considering what is
reality and what is deception. The movie "The Matrix" displays a social deception in which Neo,
the main character, is caught between what he thought was once reality and a whole new world that
controls everything he thought was real. If I were Neo, I would not truly be able to know that I was
in the matrix. However, it is rational to believe that I am in the matrix and will eventually enter back
into my reality later. The proof that that I can know that I am in the matrix and that I will return to
reality comes from the responses of foundationalism, idealism, and pallibalism.
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Once you know what you are sure of, you can build up knowledge from there. Many wonder how
we can wonder we are not dreaming. Some agree that you cannot feel pain in a dream, but others
say they have. The argument that dreams are not related to memory is strong because most people
do not remember their dreams. Descartes explains that in a dream you can feel as if you are using
all of your senses, but they seem to be more vague than when awake. Descartes struggles with the
dream issue until he comes upon his conclusion. "'I now notice that there is a vast difference
between [being asleep and being awake], in that dreams are never linked by memory with all the
other actions of life as waking experiences are. ... But when I distinctly see where things come from
and where and when they come to me, and when I can connect my perceptions of them with the
whole of the rest of my life without a break, then I am quite certain that when I encounter these
things I am not asleep but awake. (Med. 6, AT 7:89–90)' (Lex, Newman)" This dream argument
attributes to how we can know anything. For Neo's sake it helps him decide weather he is really in
the matrix or not.
In addition to foundationalism proving that knowledge is built up from what we are certain of,
idealism plays an important role of arguing that all reality is in the mind. Descartes' argument for
idealism explains how knowledge of reality is possible. He goes through the process of using an
example like a pen and

Film Analysis : The Matrix
The Matrix is a film about the enslavement of humankind by artificial intelligence, sentient beings,
with mechanical bodies, created by people to service humanity, and the discovery of a person, Neo,
that possesses abilities that can defeat the Artificial Intelligence and manumit humanity. The majority
of human beings have their consciousness/minds trapped within the Matrix, a computer simulated
world in which their minds are born, live in, and die, while their bodies are connected to it via
cerebral connection but, remain in a dormant slumber and are never used. While they are connected
to the matrix, their bioelectricity is harvested, powering the artificial intelligence. Neo, with the help
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The treatment of the soul and death within The Matrix universe is sustained by a set of assumptions
about the nature of both the soul and death. The first being that if the soul is defined as an
immaterial and incorporeal "you" that can exist beyond the body and is immortal – it doesn't exist
within this universe. What is defined to be the essence of a sentient being is the mind and the mind is
mortal. The mind, within The Matrix universe, holds all the experiences, individual perspective and
sentience that make up the core of who humans are and its mortality is recurring motif within the
film, as seen with deaths of Mouse, Switch, and Apoc, and Neo within the matrix and the scene
where Morpheus tells Neo that death within the Matrix is possible. A second assumption is that
having a mind isn't a distinctly human trait. Agents possess sentience but are programs. A third
assumption is that what is defined as a body can be either organic or inorganic. The A.I. possess
mechanical bodies that house their minds, as opposed to having organic bodies like humans. A
fourth assumption is that there is a distinct connection between the mind and body and one can't
exist without the other. This is also scene with the deaths of Mouse, Switch, and Apoc, because their
deaths within the matrix, which occurred as a result of the severed connection between the mind and

The Matrix Essay
The Matrix
In 1999 directors/writers Larry and Andy Wachowski (Bound) made a dark and often disturbing
Science Fiction film, The Matrix. With the production expertise of Joel Silver (Commando,
Predator, Lethal Weapon series, and Die Hard series), Andrew Mason (The Crow, Dark City) and
Barrie M. Osborne (Face/Off, The Fan, Child's Play), The Matrix is sure to be a favorite among
Science Fiction movie fans for years to come. The Matrix won the Oscar award in all four
categories it was nominated for; Best Sound, Best Sound Affects Editing, Best Visual Effects, and
Best Film Editing. More DVD's of The Matrix were sold then the movie "The Titanic". The hard
work of choreographer Yuen Wo Ping (Iron Monkey, Fists of Legends) make the fight
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Morpheus sought Neo's help after it was prophesied that Neo is "the one", a man who
will free the human race from the clutches of the matrix. Upon contacting him, Morpheus tells him
that he is right to question his feelings; he offers him a red pill (to discover the truth), or a blue pill
(to continue life as normal). After choosing the red pill, Neo is plugged into what Morpheus has
referred to as "The Matrix", a computer–generated reality. Neo now experiences the
horror of his actual existence. Mankind has destroyed the earth environmentally 200 years ago, and
is being maintained in individual "bubbles" by octopus–like robots, living a virtual
reality of life in 1999.
Morpheus, along with his group of human rebels including Neo's love interest Trinity (Carrie–Anne
Moss), train Neo in a variety of fighting styles in order to go up against a group of computer
program based agents who control the matrix in human form. Fights in The Matrix also makes the
slowing down of the action sequences seem very natural. At more than one point I was reminded of
"The Force" in Star Wars. The Matrix is also a power that can be manipulated to the
hero's advantage. Anderson undergoes Skywalker like training, and these adrenaline pumping,
gravity–defying scenes provide great bits of martial arts action, daring stunts, and amazing
roof–to–roof leaps. Morpheus is our Yoda, and he has the right amount of wisdom and courage to
make the character

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