(Answered) : Socrates Platos Republic

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Three questions regarding topics from Platos republic, need 2 full thorough paragraphs each.

1. In Book X of Plato’s Republic, Socrates says his major objection to tragic poetry is that it can corrupt even the very best of people. Setting aside the question of whether this provides sufficient reason for censorship, has Socrates shown (on pages 558-60 [605c-608c]) that it is possible for an institution like Greek theatre to corrupt almost anyone? In considering Socrates’ argument, please be sure to explain carefully and in detail the reasons Socrates gives for thinking that much of the poetry of his