Cutting the Knot: Difference between revisions

 

* The [[Ur Example]] and [[Trope Namer]] was the mythical, impossibly complex [[wikipedia:Gordian knot|Gordian knot]] that, the oracles predicted, could only be untied by the future king of Asia. Alexander the Great tried in vain to untie it and then, when that didn't work, simply drew his sword and sliced it in two. Other versions of the story are the exact opposite of the trope, however, with Alexander finding a clever way to untie the knot without cutting it, like where he basically removes the main object that the knot was apparently wrapped around, thus loosening its entire structure; the equivalent of leveling a building by removing its foundation.

 

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