Plato
    The Invisible Man alludes to the Greek philosopher Plato.  Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” invokes the use of light as truth.  In this philosophical dialogue, Plato describes a man freed from chains in a cave filled with shadows and darkness, who struggles to the light and sees the reality of the world.  Plato uses this example figuratively to represent humanities inability to see the truth.  The Invisible Man also struggles out of darkness and shadows into the light of truth.



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