Character Analysis: The Lady Or The Tiger By Frank Stockton

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Have you ever had to make a difficult decision in your life? There sure is a difficult decision having to be made in “The Lady or the Tiger” by Frank Stockton. In the story a man falls in love and has a relationship with the king's daughter. The king finds out and sentence the man to the area where he must choose a door, behind one door a tiger and behind the other a lady. Although, picking the lady would have some advantages picking the tiger is the overall best choice. The tiger over the lady is obviously the best decision. First, she would have to face seeing her lover every day with another woman. The jealousy would just take over her because she would know she is supposed to be with him and not her. She saw her lover talking to the

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