When reading The Lady or The Tiger the reader can assume that the man opens the door with the lady behind it. However, some claim that the story is about chance, when in all reality this is a story about dilemma. In the story The Lady or The Tiger, written by Frank Stockton, all four elements of plot are used. There are several elements of conflict in this particular story but the most significant is the conflict the man faces when he’s in the arena debating what door to open. Complication in this story is a lot like the conflict in that the man is torn between which door to open, so he chooses to the kings daughter decide which door he is to open. The climax comes toward the end of the reading where the princess gestures toward the door on
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If she truly loved him would she want to see him get killed? These are questions that we have to ask ourselves in reading this short story. The princesses’ dilemma is choosing what door is best for the man. She is the only one who knows what is behind what door so she is the only one who can control the man’s fate. There is no possible way that that is chance. However, it is an immense decision on her part. She is faced with the biggest decision in the whole story and the mans life lies on her one decision. It states in the story “her decision had been indicated in an instant, but it had been made after days and nights of anguished deliberation” (F. Stockton 8) with this statement in the story it is known that the princess knew the man was going to look to her for help. Knowing that the man was going to look to her for help the princess was able to spend time thinking about the decision and was able to quickly and confidently gesture toward the door on the right.
The Lady or The Tiger is a story about life and or death. Whether the man opens the door with the lady or he opens the door with the tiger the end result will either be life with a beautiful lady or death by a viscous tiger. It is believed by many that the man lives and marries the lady but there is no way to truly know. The dilemma that the princess faces is also a very vital part to the story and there is no way to truly know how the story ends. So as the reader we are left to decide was it “the lady, or the
If she truly loved him would she want to see him get killed? These are questions that we have to ask ourselves in reading this short story. The princesses’ dilemma is choosing what door is best for the man. She is the only one who knows what is behind what door so she is the only one who can control the man’s fate. There is no possible way that that is chance. However, it is an immense decision on her part. She is faced with the biggest decision in the whole story and the mans life lies on her one decision. It states in the story “her decision had been indicated in an instant, but it had been made after days and nights of anguished deliberation” (F. Stockton 8) with this statement in the story it is known that the princess knew the man was going to look to her for help. Knowing that the man was going to look to her for help the princess was able to spend time thinking about the decision and was able to quickly and confidently gesture toward the door on the right.
The Lady or The Tiger is a story about life and or death. Whether the man opens the door with the lady or he opens the door with the tiger the end result will either be life with a beautiful lady or death by a viscous tiger. It is believed by many that the man lives and marries the lady but there is no way to truly know. The dilemma that the princess faces is also a very vital part to the story and there is no way to truly know how the story ends. So as the reader we are left to decide was it “the lady, or the