# Tympanum — A Tangled Tale character guide

> Tympanum in A Tangled Tale by Lewis Carroll.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0010-knot-vii-petty-cash

## Who they are

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

## In the story

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

Tympanum submits incorrect solutions to both the Buckets Problem and the Garden Problem, and is criticized for his reasoning.

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

Assumes 'displaced' means 'raised above its original level' and explains the water rise, but ends up in the same flawed position as Hecla.

### [§2: Balbus’ Essay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/chapters/2-balbus-essay)

Respondent who suggests the stick problem is a blind and jokingly proposes a practical test.

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

Submitted an incorrect solution, assuming the half-yard extension is for a flower plot, contradicting Balbus's statement.

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