In the short story “The lady or the tiger?” Frank R. Stockton introduces the reader to a semi-barbaric king and his daughter, the princess. In his kingdom, justice is made by sending the accused person into the king’s arena and he had the choice to pick between two very similar doors. Inside door #1 is a ferocious tiger, hungry, and ready to attack if its door is pick. Behind door #2, however, is a beautiful maiden whom the accused person is to instantly wed to if fate chooses that way. Every person that gets to be put in trial has the choice between the 2 doors and you cannot hear or see what’s inside these doors. The trial on the arena was the king’s rules and they are to be followed as commanded.
The semi-barbaric princess, the apple of the king’s eye, was in love with a young man with lowness of station. They loved one another very dearly and pg. 14 states that “The princess loved him with an ardor that had enough barbarism in it to make it exceedingly warm and strong.” Their love affair lived happily for many months until one day the king found out about it. The king immediately put the young man in jail and …show more content…
The princess had made it her business to find out behind which door laid the tiger, and behind which door was the lady. “Not only did she find out behind which room stood the lady ready to merge, all blushing and radiant, should her door be opened but she knew who the lady was (pg.17).” The princess hated the maiden they had chosen, “she had dared to raise her eyes to the loved one of the princess (pg 17).” As the young men went to choose the doors he looked up at his loved one, he had believed she would found out behind which room laid what and that she would somehow tell him which one he should pick. Without anybody noticing her movement, the princess pointed to the right, and he trusted
The semi-barbaric princess, the apple of the king’s eye, was in love with a young man with lowness of station. They loved one another very dearly and pg. 14 states that “The princess loved him with an ardor that had enough barbarism in it to make it exceedingly warm and strong.” Their love affair lived happily for many months until one day the king found out about it. The king immediately put the young man in jail and …show more content…
The princess had made it her business to find out behind which door laid the tiger, and behind which door was the lady. “Not only did she find out behind which room stood the lady ready to merge, all blushing and radiant, should her door be opened but she knew who the lady was (pg.17).” The princess hated the maiden they had chosen, “she had dared to raise her eyes to the loved one of the princess (pg 17).” As the young men went to choose the doors he looked up at his loved one, he had believed she would found out behind which room laid what and that she would somehow tell him which one he should pick. Without anybody noticing her movement, the princess pointed to the right, and he trusted