The second question, asked by the Tsar, was about his association with people. The Tsar wanted to know who were the right people to listen to and whom to avoid. The learned men were divided in their opinion. Some of them recommended the councillors whereas others gave their verdict in favour of the priests who ...

The first question that the Tsar asked the learned men was, what was the right time for the commencement of any work.  In reply to it, some said that to know the right time for every action, one must draw up in advance, a lable of days, months and years, and must follow it strictly. ...

The bearded man plays a significant role the story ‘Three Questions’. The bearded man was an enemy of the Tsar because the Tsar executed his brother and seized his property. The man loved his brother so much that he wanted to take revenge on the Tsar by killing him. But he found that the Tsar ...

As The hermit is an important character in Leo Tolstoy’s story ‘Three Questions’. He, who was famous for his wisdom lived alone in a hut in a forest. He never quitted the wood. He met only common people and not men of rank and position. Despite being feeble, he was self-sufficient. He used to do ...

The Tsar, the central character of the story unravels the plot of the story through the questions that came into his mind. Though the Tsar possessed ultimate power, he had shown respect to the wisdom of the hermit. He showed modesty in his approach when he went to meet the hermit in the guise of ...