1. The document provides 6 essay prompts related to Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" and Virginia Woolf's essay "A Room of One's Own". The prompts ask the reader to analyze the allegory, discuss its implications, and evaluate Plato and Woolf's depictions of gender roles. 2. One prompt asks the reader to consider Socrates' view that the most intelligent should be compelled to rule, and whether this would lead to an ideal society. 3. Another prompt discusses Woolf's argument that women throughout history lacked the freedom and resources afforded by having "a room of one's own", and whether this is still relevant today.