Analysis Of Lady And The Tiger, By Frank R. Stockton

In the story, "Lady and the Tiger" by Frank R. Stockton there was an arena that the king had some people build. The arena was built to decide criminal's faith. One day, the faith of the princess' lover was to be decided. The king didn't like the youth truly, because he loved his daughter. When the king discovered the existence of his daughter's lover he immediately ordered him to prison. In the arena, the criminal shall choose between two doors. Behind one door a genuinely fair maiden or a tiger that could devour you so badly. The princess figured out which door hid which thing, so she was to lead her lover to a certain door. The end of the story is left ambiguous, but the princess with lead her lover to the door with tiger. First, the princess led her lover to the door with the tiger because she was jealous. The story states that the maiden was the fairest and the loveliest; the princess hated her. "She had seen, this fair creature throwing glances of admiration upon the person she loved." The evidence justifies that she is jealous. Jealousy is resentment against a rival. The princess had mad resentment for the lady. Obviously, she is just a jealous …show more content…
The story states, "The girl was lovely, but she had dared to raise her eyes at the one who loved the princess." She couldn't stand to see her love with another. How would she be able to live with herself? The story also states, "And she loved him with an ardor that had enough of barbarism in it to make it exceedingly warm and strong." She truly loved him; she loved him as much as Marshawn Lynch loves football, as much as Shawn Mendes loves singing. The love is so strong; the connection is just too strong for her to lose it. She couldn't possible sacrifice her heart like that. She doesn’t want to be broken, matter fact nobody wants to be broken. Everyone just wants to be happy in life, she rather someone else feel pain than