Life is irreplaceable; once it’s taken away, no one can ever get it back. In the story “The Lady or the Tiger?”, written by Frank R. Stockton, the king punishes his daughter’s lover by making him choose between two doors, one with a lady and one with a tiger. The king believes that it’s okay for him to end someone’s life just because he is in love with his daughter, the princess. One thing the king is not taking into consideration is his daughter’s feelings towards her lover. Love is not a crime; it cannot be stopped, not even by death. The king’s punishment was unreasonable because the princess’ lover’s feelings for her were unstoppable. Stockton shows how the king’s punishment was unfair by,
“The semi-barbaric king had a daughter who was the apple of his eye, and was loved by him above all humanity.” (2) This quote proves that the punishment was unfair because the king was semi-barbaric; he enjoyed cruel and unusual punishment, especially for someone he loved dearly. It also means he loved his daughter so much, if someone other than the man he arranged for her to …show more content…
Stockton also shows the king’s craziness when writing, “When every member of his domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its appointed course, his nature was happy; but, whenever there was a little problem, and some of his orbs got out of their orbits, he was happier still, for nothing pleased him so much as to make the crooked straight and crush down uneven places.” (1) Stockton means, in this quote, that the king was a very happy person, when everyone and everything was in its place. However, he was even happier when someone and something weren’t where it was supposed to be, for he loved nothing more than straightening the crooked, showing his semi-barbarism. Even the author emphasized how semi-barbaric the king was, and how he would go out of his way for his apple of his eye, his
“The semi-barbaric king had a daughter who was the apple of his eye, and was loved by him above all humanity.” (2) This quote proves that the punishment was unfair because the king was semi-barbaric; he enjoyed cruel and unusual punishment, especially for someone he loved dearly. It also means he loved his daughter so much, if someone other than the man he arranged for her to …show more content…
Stockton also shows the king’s craziness when writing, “When every member of his domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its appointed course, his nature was happy; but, whenever there was a little problem, and some of his orbs got out of their orbits, he was happier still, for nothing pleased him so much as to make the crooked straight and crush down uneven places.” (1) Stockton means, in this quote, that the king was a very happy person, when everyone and everything was in its place. However, he was even happier when someone and something weren’t where it was supposed to be, for he loved nothing more than straightening the crooked, showing his semi-barbarism. Even the author emphasized how semi-barbaric the king was, and how he would go out of his way for his apple of his eye, his