Three Questions - Leo Tolstoy short summary / analysis
It is very interesting story of a Tsar whose quarry helps to develop the story. Tolstoy treats a philosophical theme couched in the The tale of a Tsar who is troubled by three questions. The three questions that haunt the Tsar concerns the right time for any action, the person whose advice the Tsar must listen to and the most important thing to do under all circumstances. hermit to whom the three questions are posed. The hermit did not give him an immediate answer. Several events ensues after that. The Tsar dug the ground on behalf of the hermit and treated a wounded man who came rushing. Having gone through the events, The Tsar got the answer to his three questions. By helping the hermit the Tsar learned of the insipience of any action and by nursing the wounded man the Tsar understood the kindness that attends all action. Finally he was advised by the hermit to do good, for that was the purpose incumbent on man under all circumstances. So the hermit very skillfully answers the Tsar's questions.
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