" "They were close to split-ting up" "They soon agreed on a direction and we departed for..." They split the direction "UP" and then de-parted or un-split it. So they have "UP". They they agreed on this direction. Which is the ladder going up. It is... "

" The time loop is like a snake (Ouroboros) eating it's tail. The "rattling sound" in room 37 and room 10 refer to the tail of a rattle snake. Ouroboros represents cyclical time and rebirth. Room 37 has a snakes and ladders theme. You avoid the... "

" The character at the back is Fred Astaire, which anagrams to "feared stair". It says he was scared. Throughout the house: the doors with stairs are always the wrong answer. "

" The room has snakes and ladders theme. The correct door has the ladder. The large net is a snake catching net. Behind a door was a rattling sound - rattle snake. The two dice have ones pointing left and right like snake eyes. Two ones... "

" Dante's Inferno, part of his Divine Comedy, describes nine levels of Hell, organized as concentric circles descending into the Earth. They are not subdivided or added to additional levels or layers. Regarding the number 24, it does not have a significant or explicit role in... "

" Interesting trivia about the number 24. "

" "They think I am some poet that will lead them through the Underworld" is Dante of Dante's inferno. In which Cereberus appears in 3rd circle of hell (gluttony) and minotaur appears in the first part of lower hell (circle 7 (violence) part 1/3). "They should... "

" Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. "

" I'm new and you've got 10 year lead on me so I respectfully argue the Shakespeare index case and am interested in your feedback: Shakespeare is all over the house, not just room 45. Room 16 has a comedy mask looking at (firstfolio) 36 with... "

" That shadow of the chair legs and cross bar looks like a long dagger of sorts, a dagger that's pointing away from room 3? "

" I do not think those two cones look the same at all. "

" Room 13 has the metal cone as a megaphone on a director's chair. Here the same metal cone (now with holes) appears on top of the cauldron pointing up at Orson. This further reinforces that Orson Welles as director of Macbeth (1948) should be used.... "

" Room 40 has a "span" symbol directly below hermes' winged foot/sandal symbol. This symbolises measuring the feet of Hermes. Which is "dactylic hexameter" for Homeric hymn 4. Homeric hymn 4 is also a massive part of room 20 and the turtle/tortoise. "

" I would expect that Manson is reasonably educated about Shakespeare, just by virtue of being a reasonably educated English-speaker. It goes too far to suggest he has a special knowledge of or interest in Shakespeare by virtue of the puzzle in Room 45, which basically... "

" I agree with you as to the apparent thought behind the room. Unfortunately, it's hard to flip through the book without getting a glimpse at undiscovered rooms, and I'm not sure that 28 ever actually catches people unaware. "

" I did not find it cleanly. I had mapped out the book, and my mother gave me the hint that there was a secret door after I deduced there was no path to 45. (This was years before the internet was popularized ) "

" Similarly to Room 23, I believe this room is partially intended to mess with people who haven't found the way to the center yet and have decided to "sequence break" and look for entrances to room 45. This room accomplishes this by looking exactly like... "

" Though I already kind of asked this on the "Welcome!" thread, I thought I'd directly ask again here. Can anyone attest to whether or not they were able to find the hidden door in this room, both without help from anyone who already knew about... "

" As a clue for the reader to be expected to find, I don't think this kind of stuff holds much water. As speculation into the mind of Manson as he wrote/drew Maze, given that we have evidence he's into Shakespeare (example: "I Am Shake Spear"... "

" All new seasoning/shakespeare solution: There's a salt shaker and its about seasoning/condiments. This is room 26 and there are 26 letters. It's about ciphers. The devil in trapdoor holds an A and the fork is an E. He is being seasoned with salt. Vigenère is... "

" Overall yes. I think the shakespeare references are fair. They are not obscure references but famous scenes. First Folio is one of the most significant books ever published. I never would have figured out who "Orson" was in room 22. To me that was obscure... "

" I asked this on a previous comment and I don't think you answered, though maybe it seemed like a rhetorical question. Do you mean to suggest that you believe that Manson went through these thought processes? "

" This room is all about Act 4 Scene 1 of Shakespeares Macbeth (cauldron scene). The pitchfork appears Orson Welles' Macbeth (1948) (go to 45:00 on youtube). I wrote about Orson and the cauldron from Macbeth in room 16. The room is an octagon with a... "

" There's a whole thing about this in the discussions on the Room Interconnectivity page, if you'd like to come talk to us there, Maff! "

" It's definitely possible. "

" The shortest path in and out of the maze is 16 steps. What is the shortest path to visit every room at least once and end in room 24? I believe it’s possible but not 100% sure "

" The spanner on the floor measures the "yard" (from the text). Its measuring the 'span' of the distance. A yard is 3 feet or a metre. Poetry/Odes/verse have feet and meter. The spanner has hex ends. It is a clue about "hexameter". We need "dactylic... "

" Thank you for the tip. I'm struggling to find an archive of that website but will keep looking and check out DG's work on this site. I'm new and mostly here because of Blue Prince. The post game gets very deep and MAZE-like and knowing... "

" the two nails look like dots and the wood board looks like a dash. in morse code, two dots = I and one dash = T, so this could be another "IT" clue "

" If we want to get super technical about this (I don't, particularly, but we're following wires so...) the wires look bare, in rough shape, and most importantly, touching, I don't think if you pushed the button it would work because of the short circuit that... "

" On a long enough timeline, all roads lead to Gentile. "

" The F-clef then the eighth notes over the 13 door could indicate F + eighth, or "faith." This seems like it could be a valid verification of the correct door. "

" I didn't catch that answer on room 1 lol, but I figured it must be fable because adding up the alphabetic positions of the letters in fable (6 + 1 + 2 + 12 + 5) gives you 26. Not sure if he intended that... "

" Your Maze musings are similar to David Gentile's, who once had the most popular Maze-related site on the internet (but has been inactive for many years). Did you ever get to see Dave's site? You'll find his comments all over this site as well, but... "

" There seems to be a heavy focus on splitting in the text. "half of them wanted to go one way, half another." (First split reference ) then "They were close to splitting up" (Second split) 20 is the only number above which can be halved... "

" Tangentially from my previous answer: The left side of the room is about Shakespeare's comedies. The right side of the room is about tragedies. Orson -> one of Orson Welles most famous films is Othello. But he also directed and starred in Macbeth. The room... "

" I would be cautious of a finding a letter theme where a number of contextually appropriate objects start with the same letter. Here, with the decaying tree in the courtyard, the fact that there are branches, brooms (or soft rakes?), and baskets for collecting tree... "

" In the first picture you posted, it seems to me that in the weird snarl, where you have the green and blue wires ending, they are probably meant to connect to each other, in the blackness under the red wire. I'm not sure, of course;... "

" The face above (the correct) door 44 has no pupils. Maybe it is very strangely looking inward while the rest are looking outward? This is a "B" room: in the art there are pairs of baskets, brooms, branches on the ground; in the text the... "

" a "wood duck" is slang for a rube, or easily tricked person. Apparently is was a used-car salesman thing in the 70s. /shrug. "

" ibb (dot) co/6R9s3ccJ another way of looking at it "

" ibb (dot) co/fd27Vf7N could the blue connect to the yellow under that? "

" yes. there is an ambiguous snarl that seems like it connects. If you trace the wires from the floor and from the bell, you will have to use two connections to the same wire. "

" What do you mean when you say they aren't connected as they should be? Does the wire from the bell double back and connect to the bell again? "

" The large painting could be Theseus defeating the minotaur, and the Guide may have destroyed it, for reasons no one will ever know... "