# Vindex — A Tangled Tale character guide

> Vindex in A Tangled Tale by Lewis Carroll.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Class List . Vindex

**First appearance:** 0015-answers-to-knot-i

## Who they are

A character who appears in the story and participates in the puzzles.

## In the story

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

Vindex correctly identifies the fallacy in Balbus' Essay as that of 'Achilles and the Tortoise' and provides a neat proof for the Garden Problem.

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

Shares Tympanum's assumption about displacement and lands in the same erroneous boat.

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

Correctly identifies the fallacy as that of 'Achilles and the Tortoise.'

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

Provided a neat and correct proof that a yard of walk measured along the middle represents a square yard of garden.

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