Lady Or The Tiger Response
"The Lady or the Tiger" is a story describing the rejected relationship of the semibarbaric king's daughter and her lover. The semibarbaric princess had fallen in love with one of the king's courtiers. After the king found out about their hiddent relationship, he cast the youth in jail, awaiting for his trial in the king's arena. The king's trial was where the youth had to go to an arena. He had to pick between two doors, behind one, awaited a tiger, behind the other, a lady. If he picked the door with the tiger, it killed him. If he picked the door with the lady, he was rewarded with her, and the two would get married. On the day of the trial, the princess's lover looked at her to tell which door to open. I believe the princess picked the
door with the tiger behind it. I think she didn't want the youth to be with anyone but her. On page 18, it states, "Would it not be better for him to die at once, and wait for her in the blessed regions of semibarbaric afterlife?" She seemed like she would rather have her lover die than be with the lady. I think she was selfish for even considering his death as an option. She wanted to have the boy all to herself. The princess considered the boy's death as an option because she was semibarbaric, but she was also passionate. She was very passionate about her lover. According to page 14, "This royal maiden was well satisfied with her lover, for he was handsome and brave to a degree unsurpassed in all this kingdom; and she had loved him with an ardor that had enough barbarism in it to make it exceedingly warm and strong." She thought it was better for the boy to die and wait for her in the afterlife. She would probably pick the tiger door for the previous reason I mentioned. The reasons greatly influenced her decision. Another reason she would pick the tiger door was because she didn't like the lady. She was jealous. She had loathed the lady. On page 17, "...with all the intensity of the savage bloog transmitted to her through long lines of wholly barbaric ancestors, she hated the woman who blushed and trembled behind the silent door." THe princess was hot-blooded and barbaric. This fueled her hatred for the lady. In conclusion, I think the princess was selfish enough to pick the lion's door. I think she was selfish enough to even consider the boy's death as an option. She loathed the lady so much, and she didn't want the boy to be with her. The princess wanted him to love only her. She didn't think her options thoroughly because she was semibarbaric and, like her father, she chose the options that she thought was the best one. She would pick the option that would greatly influence her. Therefore, I believe she picked the tiger door.
door with the tiger behind it. I think she didn't want the youth to be with anyone but her. On page 18, it states, "Would it not be better for him to die at once, and wait for her in the blessed regions of semibarbaric afterlife?" She seemed like she would rather have her lover die than be with the lady. I think she was selfish for even considering his death as an option. She wanted to have the boy all to herself. The princess considered the boy's death as an option because she was semibarbaric, but she was also passionate. She was very passionate about her lover. According to page 14, "This royal maiden was well satisfied with her lover, for he was handsome and brave to a degree unsurpassed in all this kingdom; and she had loved him with an ardor that had enough barbarism in it to make it exceedingly warm and strong." She thought it was better for the boy to die and wait for her in the afterlife. She would probably pick the tiger door for the previous reason I mentioned. The reasons greatly influenced her decision. Another reason she would pick the tiger door was because she didn't like the lady. She was jealous. She had loathed the lady. On page 17, "...with all the intensity of the savage bloog transmitted to her through long lines of wholly barbaric ancestors, she hated the woman who blushed and trembled behind the silent door." THe princess was hot-blooded and barbaric. This fueled her hatred for the lady. In conclusion, I think the princess was selfish enough to pick the lion's door. I think she was selfish enough to even consider the boy's death as an option. She loathed the lady so much, and she didn't want the boy to be with her. The princess wanted him to love only her. She didn't think her options thoroughly because she was semibarbaric and, like her father, she chose the options that she thought was the best one. She would pick the option that would greatly influence her. Therefore, I believe she picked the tiger door.