The Drawbridge

[Guest GhostRanger]

Fun little thought experiment...

 

 

 

As he left for a visit to his outlying districts, the jealous Baron warned his pretty wife: ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâ¦Ã¢â¬ÅDo not leave the castle while I am gone, or I will punish you severely when I return!ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬ÃâÃ

[jak722]

I know the more modern one... the one with the ricketty bridge and the ferryman...

 

 

 

I think it was posted here too, but i dont know the name of the thread though...

[Anesthesia]

There's another one with a guy whose wife is ill so he steals the drugs because the chemist charged extortionately for them.

[darkmage099]

1.The madman- he killed her! Murder is wrong.

 

 

 

2. The baroness- it's her own fault that she married him. She was disobedient. Adultry is wrong.. :shame: .

 

 

 

3. Baron- for being mean!

 

 

 

4. Friend- Even if your friend does something wrong, help them at the moment and talk with them later. This was a life and death situation.

 

 

 

5. Lover- really wasn't his problem. If he really loved her, he would've saved her.

 

 

 

6. Boatman- Hell I'd want my money too. you can't trust people these days.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isn't the madman the same as the Baron???

[Zonorhc]

1. The Baroness: For being disobedient and failing to learn basic combat techniques.

 

2. The lover: For violating my rule regarding relationships - always ensure that your significant other can survive being rammed by a tank. If he had followed that while sleeping around, the Baroness wouldn't be dead.

 

3. The Baron - For being stupid enough to allow a ferryman to operate across one of his castle's defensive emplacements. And for, you know, not having any guards posted close enough to the bridge to keep idiot madmen with knives away while the drawbridge is lowered. Also, if I was in his position in a feudal period, I wouldn't want my wife to go out alone either. He was doing it for her own protection. His only fault is negligence with security.

 

4. The madman - He's insane. Clearly, he is not wholly in control of his decision-making processes and other faculties. Props for being able to get that close to the castle without any guards noticing, though. He must be some kind of ninja.

 

5. The friend - If they were really a friend, they'd lend her the damn money. She can pay it back. She's a damn Baroness. The friend's just a tight-fisted jerk.

 

6. The boatman - Hey, it was his job to charge money. Although he could have just waited until they were on the other side for payment. It's the damn Baroness. Doesn't anyone notice her title?

[insane]

1. The baronness for being unfaithful and putting herself in the situation.

 

2. The madman for killing her.

 

3. The lover for encouraging such acts from the baronness.

 

4. The baron - he was obviously an unfulfilling husband for his wife to want to be unfaithful

 

5. The friend - I don't know what I would do if I were the friend, so I just stuck it here.

 

6. The ferryman was just doing his job.

[Thaulsis]

I blame the servant. If the drawbridge was down, why wasn't someone watching the bridge? Since the Baroness had to order the gate to be left down, it implies that the gate is up normally and security is an issue. If not, the bridge would always be down. If someone was watching the gate, they would of noticed the madman. Someone must of been slacking off instead of doing their job.

 

 

 

The Baroness, is next. The madman told her that he would kill her, and she still tried to cross. She could of waited for her husband and have been punished severely, instead she sealed her own death.

 

 

 

Next, the boatman. Something must be shady about him if he is ferrying people to an island with a drawbridge nearby.

 

 

 

The lover is next. While not overly his fault, he could of at least gave her some money for her to pay the shady ferryman. Or, at least suggested something to her.

 

 

 

The friend shouldn't be blamed much, as she was merely trying to help her friend learn a lesson. The friend probably didn't approve of the Baroness' affair and was hoping that a scolding would teach her. She could of thought that the madman was merely a lousy attempt of the Baroness to deflect blame.

 

 

 

Second last on the list would be the Baron. The Baron, might have known about local crazies, and threatened his wife in hopes that she would listen and be safe.

 

 

 

The madman is last. He could claim to be mentally unfit.

[darkmage099]

The madman is last. He could claim to be mentally unfit.

 

 

 

Don't most criminals claim that? Sounds suspicous.

[Thaulsis]

But since he is called the "madman", you would assume that he actually is mentally unfit.

 

 

 

That being said, the whole scenario could of been a conspiracy. Perhaps, the locals were trying to ruin the Baroness as a way to get at the Baron.

[nyyankees588]

lol, my teacher told us that 1, its his own fault he got murderd he shouldn't have gone over the drawbridge in the first place -.-

[indy500fan]

1. Madman

 

2-6. The rest

 

 

 

The madman killed her, he is the only one responsible for her death. None of the others are responsible at all.

[Guest GhostRanger]

1. Madman

 

2-6. The rest

 

 

 

The madman killed her, he is the only one responsible for her death. None of the others are responsible at all.

 

 

 

We did this exersize while we were reading All the King's Men. Eventually we decided that the madman was the only one who could be considered directly responsible because he physically killed her, and everyone else was indirectly responsible because they all could have prevented her death, but none of them in any way guaranteed her death.