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Silent Hill 3 Hints
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1 of 27: There appears to be a piece of paper next to the locked door. What does it say?
2 of 27: "In here is a tragedy--- art thou player or audience? Be as it may, the end doth remain: all go on only toward death. The first word at thy left hand: a false lunacy, a madly dancing man. Hearing unhearable words, drawn to a beloved's grave---and there, mayhap, true madness at last. As did this one playing at death, find true death at last. Killing a nameless lover, she pierced a heart rent by sorrow. Doth lie invite truth? Doth verity but wear the mask of falsehood? Ah, thou pitiful, thou miserable ones. Still amidst lies, though the end cometh not, wherefore yearn for death? Will thou attend thy beloved? Truths and lies, life and death: a game of turning white to black and black to white. Is not a silence brimming with love more precious than flattery? A peaceful slumber preferred to a throne besmirched with blood? One vengeful man spilled blood for two; Two youths shed tears for three; Three witches disappeared thusly; And only the four keys remain. Ah but verily... In here lies a tragedy. Art thou player or audience? there is something which cannot become a puppet of fate or an onlooker, peering into a cage."
3 of 27: That's quite a mouthful. The poem appears to be written in a Shakespearian style. Do any of the descriptions in the poem seem familiar?
4 of 27: There are Shakespeare books on the ground. Coincidence? Not likely...examine them more closely.
5 of 27: Notice that Volume I is Romeo and Juliet, Volume II is King Lear, Volume III is Macbeth, Volume IV is Hamlet, and Volume V is Othello...
6 of 27: Might want to break open the 'ol literature book for this one...
7 of 27: Each of the stanzas, except the first and last, seem to describe one of Shakespeare's plays. Which plays are they?
8 of 27: The first stanza's just an intro, it seems. Let's start with the second... "A false lunacy?" "Hearing unhearable words?" What play could this be? Someone faking to be insane and hearing what no one else can hear...
9 of 27: It's Hamlet! He pretended to be insane to fool his uncle and heard the words of his dead father.
10 of 27: Now the third... "Playing at death?" "Killing a nameless lover?" What play could this be? Faking a death and killing a lover...
11 of 27: Romeo and Juliet! Juliet took a potion to seem dead, so Romeo killed himself, then Juliet killed herself since Romeo was dead. Not necessarily pleasant, but it fits!
12 of 27: Fourth... "Lie invite truth?" "Miserable ones?" What play could this be? Lying leads to truth and people are miserable?
13 of 27: None other than Macbeth! Getting the throne through lies, then dealing with the pain and anguish afterwards.
14 of 27: Fifth... "Yearn for death?" "White to black and black to white?" What play could this be? Wanting to die and black and white switching...
15 of 27: Othello! White and black switching is a reference to the board game Othello, in case you didn't catch that one.
16 of 27: Sixth... "Silence brimming with love?" "Throne besmirched with blood?" Someone loving but silent, and a throne having something to do with death...
17 of 27: It's King Lear! Cordelia was quiet, but was the only of King Lear's daughters to love her father, and the others violently fought for the throne.
18 of 27: Okay, now we know what plays the poem is talking about, but what can you do with them?
19 of 27: Replace the names of the plays with the associated volume number and put them in the order they're in the poem...
20 of 27: ...and you get 4 -- 1 -- 5 -- 3 -- 2. But that doesn't work in the keypad, does it? There was more to the poem...examine the last stanzas.
21 of 27: The first part says... "One vengeful man spilled blood for two." Who's the vengeful man?
22 of 27: It's Hamlet. Hamlet's number is 4, and he "spilled blood for two," so multiply his number by 2. 4 x 2 = 8. Now we have 8 -- 1 -- 5 -- 3 -- 2.
23 of 27: The second part... "Two youths shed tears for three." Who are the two youths?
24 of 27: Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet's number is 1, and they "shed tears for three," so multiply their number by 3. 1 x 3 = 3. Now we have 8 -- 3 -- 5 -- 3 -- 2.
25 of 27: The third part... "Three witches disappeared thusly." What play are three witches in?
26 of 27: Macbeth. Since they disappeared, Macbeth's number, 3, is gone. Now we have 8 -- 3 -- 5 -- 2.
27 of 27: "And only the four keys remain." Plug the combination (8 -- 3 -- 5 -- 2) into the keypad and walk through the door.
