# Hecla — A Tangled Tale character guide

> Hecla in A Tangled Tale by Lewis Carroll.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0012-knot-ix-a-serpent-with-corners

## Who they are

A character who appears in the narrative and is involved in the events.

## In the story

### [Answers to Knot VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/chapters/answers-to-knot-vii)

Shared highest honours for using a method certain to produce the answer or prove impossibility.

### [Answers to Knot IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/chapters/answers-to-knot-ix)

Hecla submits a flawed solution to the Buckets Problem and is noted for making two mistakes that cancel each other in the Garden Problem.

### [§1: The Buckets](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/chapters/1-the-buckets)

Argues that only the submerged portion of the floating bucket displaces an equal bulk of water, but this view is shown to be incorrect.

### [§3: The Garden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/chapters/3-the-garden)

Made two mistakes that canceled each other out, leading to a correct final answer despite flawed working.

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