A Riddle

Here is another riddle:

Long, I made a man strong; short, I made him weak. Long, I trapped a man, and made his father weep. What am I?

 

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King Lear Act 3 sns. 1-5

 Lear tells us that he is a man “More sinned against than sinning.” Is this true?

Somewhat, but he created his problem by setting his daughters in power. He also did not listen to Kent's advice.

 

 

 Gloucester tells Edmund about the contents of a letter he has received. What is in the letter? 

The letter tells how Lear will be set back on his throne, and is very incriminating to Gloucester.  

 

ACT 3 SCENES 1-5

 

Lear is shouting at the storm, and Kent looks for him. Kent finds him, and leads him to shelter. There they find Edgar, disguised as Poor Tom, a wandering madman. Gloucester finds them and tries to comfort Lear and lead him to shelter. Edmound tells Cornwall about the letter, and Cornwall makes him earl of Gloucester. Cornwall goes to find Gloucester and Lear. 

 

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The Answer to Riddle

'A man shot a deer. "You are such a nimrod," his friend tells him.
"Thank you," says the man.

Was the friend nice or mean?'

Nice! In the Bible, Nimrod was a mighty hunter!

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Nicias

Nicias was the only general in command of the army, because Alcibiades had left, and Lamachus was a very poor man, so Nicias paid no attention to him. They bribed a man to tell the Syracusans that they could plunder the Athenians' camp. The Syracusans came and were caught by the Athenians, but they escaped. Then Nicias took the army to Naxos for the winter, and spent a lot of money keeping the army there. Then the Syracusans set fire to the camp to the Athenians' camp, and all blamed Nicias. He won another victory, and was suffering from kidney stones, yet he started to build a wall to stop the Syracusans.

I think that Plutarch thinks that Lamachus is better at military stuff  than Nicias, because Nicias is too cautious, and lets the time for action spoil.  


more later,
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A riddle

Here is another riddle:

A man shot a deer. "You are such a nimrod," his friend tells him.
"Thank you," says the man.

Was the friend nice or mean?

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