Cliffs Notes on Plato's The Republic

by Charles H. Patterson, CliffsNotes, Plato

-- Offers a traditional CliffNotes "TM" treatment of a literary novel, with updated and new content.
-- Includes Life and Background of the Author, Introduction to the Novel, A Brief Synopsis, List of Characters, Critical Commentaries, Glossaries, Character Analyses, and Critical Essays.
-- Enhanced by collaboration with Webster's New World "TM" College Dictionary, which provides authoritative glossary definitions.
-- Provides a Character Map, a one-page spread that graphically illustrates the relationships between characters.
-- Supplemented by CliffNotes "TM" Review, which reinforces learning with fun and practical activities, and CliffNotes "TM" Resource Center, which provides the reader with additional resources for further study.
-- Contains reader-friendly icons for theme, literary device, style & language, and character insight.
-- Includes a comprehensive Index.

Genres: Philosophy, Greece, Reference

77 pages, paper

First published November 20, 1963

Reviews

[Riku Sayuj · Rating 2 out of 5]

Trying to get into the Cliff's Notes habit since I plan to read a lot of classics this year. This one was not particularly useful. Not much hope down the line either. But good to do a after-the-day refresher sort of thing. Painstakingly unoriginal in approach. Must have been tedious writing this one.

[Aly Shah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Plato's The Republic is in our course under the subject 'Literary Criticism'. I was having issues understanding Plato's Republic, especially I was unable to understand the famous allegory, known as the Allegory of the Cave. However, this book helps me to understand such abstract concepts that Plato presented.

Note - my exams are starting next month, pray for me. I hope I'll perform better.