Kianna Snell
AVID 10
Mr. Mayer 7 February, 2017
In the story The Tiger or the Lady the princess, the main character, in the end has to decide what door she wants her "truly beloved" to open. The reason her true love has to decide which door to open is because he fell in love with the princess, and her father wasn't fond of a peasant, gazing his eyes upon a glorious gal that's his daughter. Overall, this elegant Princess is a selfish, jealous, and shallow person and I believe she told the man, that fell in love with her, to unlock the door with the tiger.
A clear understanding of what the princess is like, will help you determine what door her vicious soul leaned towards. A first characteristic that's important …show more content…
As a matter of opinion the princess only draws near men because of their appearances. Ultimately, since she looks glorious, he needs to appear spectacular, and if he doesn't meet her standards she obviously won't be interested in him. Presently, in the beginning the story, it talks about how the princess's father is a barbaric king and it also states how she felt about her secret lover, "This royal maiden was well satisfied with her lover, for he was handsome and brave to a degree unsurpassed in all this kingdom" (9). In other words, this one sentence summons up how she actually felt about her undercover lover, she acknowledged him because of his outer appearance. Therefore, since she looked superb, he had to be more pleasant to the eye, and indeed he was. All characteristics considered, lead the princess's decision towards the door of the tiger.
In conclusion, the princess chose the door of the tiger for the fate of her beloved. Similarly, the princess relates to her father, who's barbaric, and no one has ever shown her what actual love looks like. I believe that she is very similar to her father in ways that would force her to kill her beloved, by sending him to the vicious tiger. The princess is a selfish, jealous, and extremely shallow person altogether. Her characteristics connect with her resolution of the flesh devouring tiger to tear her lover apart, only because