“The Lady or the Tiger”
Essay By Mitchell
This short story is about a kingdom with a barbaric king that finds out that a man is in love with his daughter who is also semi barbaric, the king does not take this well. In this kingdom there is a coliseum where the criminal or person has to choose between two doors, in one door there is a beautiful lady, but in the other there is a tiger! The man that is in love with the king's daughter is put into this coliseum and has to make a huge decision! When he looks up he sees the daughter raise her right arm. He loves this girl and also trusts her so he picks the door she tells him. Now did she want him to choose the door with the lady so he would not die? Or did she tell him to choose the tiger door so she would not be forced to see him with another women? This royal maiden is semi barbaric so she must have signaled for the man to choose tiger.
The king’s daughter would not be able to live with herself if she had to see the youth man living a life with another beautiful girl. This would cause the girl to keep comparing herself to this lady because she would start to feel
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Being that she is a barbaric women she would not think about the consequences of each choice she would just make a quick decision and start thinking of ways how she is making the right choice so she doesn't feel bad about picking the tiger. The princess would start to feel hate for the lady just because she would start thinking about the life that the man she loved and the lady would have together. She would use this hate to make the decision and would not be able not to see her as a man stealer. This personality she has would alter her ability to make a right and just decision based on compassion and she would make a decision based on hate and
Every story has a tone to it, and the choice of words Stockton uses in his makes it a more powerful and suspenseful story overall. The words make the readers feel anxious about what will occur, as well as providing vivid imagery for the readers to image the scenes in their head. One example that supports this claim is how Stockton describes the princess, as well as describing her feelings for her lover. In the text, it states, “...but upon that hot-blooded,
The princess’ motivation to direct her lover to the door with the tiger would be her inherent greed from her father, putting herself before others, and jealousy of what would happen if he got the lady. We can tell which door she chooses by looking at which door she fears the most. We can see which one does
was that he wished she had been a boy. Her high hope of working with her husband
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... beloved wife has made the decision for him. After going through this incredible journey of his, not only did he study women but he had to explain what women most desired to the queen. Otherwise he would have been beheaded, but was spared because of his looks. Was this justice? Indeed it would have been justice back in the 1300’s because if you were beautiful you could be spared and do a noble deed for the king/queen as they asked. If you did not complete it who knows what could have happened. But for the knight, he completed what he was told to do and in fact after he raped the woman and he was being prosecuted, the journey of his made him find the true knight inside of him. The old woman choice that was offer to the knight demonstrated that he learned his lesson through his sufficient punishment and redemption for his crime.
Without the slightest hesitation, he went to the door on the right, and opened it. The next thing everyone saw was a gigantic tiger pounce on the poor man. The crowd gasped and the iron bells started to clang. The man was proclaimed guilty. He gave one last glance towards his lover. She had a look of sorrow on her face. As if she didn’t tell him which door to open. Then the whole crowd watched as he was torn to shreds. People in the crowd were screaming, others looked away, but the princess watched the whole time. A tear rolled down her cheek and she realized what she had just done. The king turned and looked at her and said “ I’m sorry this had to happen.” But it was too late, the decision was already made.
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