What Came Out Of The Door In 'The Lady Or The Tiger'

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The story, The Lady, or the Tiger, presents to us a question. What is that question, you may ask? The question lies in the title. What came out of the door, the lady or the tiger? I believe it was the tiger that came out of the door. There are three crucial pieces of evidence that support this claim. However, they all point to the princess. The first piece of evidence is that the princess was semi-barbaric. It says that she would “ knash her teeth and pull her hair” if she saw him with the lady behind the door. During this judgment, her barbaric side seemed to have taken over. This is the main reason she was jealous. We can also infer this because she was born of the king. Who, I may remind you , made the arena. My second

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