Prison-house Metaphor

In the allegory of the cave Socrates refers to the "prison-house of sight." More recent philosophers and thinkers have talked about the prison-house of language (most notably Jacques Lacan and Fredric Jameson). Do some preliminary research on these two and the ideas they have expressed on this concept. We will use this research in a later post. To get you thinking on the concept, after the research consider this example: someone asks you "are you religious?" You reply. What are all the possible replies, and is there a reply you will give that will not have been defined by the question you were asked?