Plato's Use of Myth to Decide

The fieto, gorgius and republic all have to do with our fate in the after life. One group is rewarded for virtue by going to a higher, more beautiful realm while the other group experiences torment commensurate with their vice. If plato was writing literature that would have an effect opposite to that of greek theatre, at least as he saw it,. The dialogues demand active en agement rather than passivity, rational reflection rather than unleashed emotion.