The Semi-Barbaric King
Love is sometimes described as a devotion to someone. Being devoted to someone may not always be a good idea. To some people, devotion may be a loving thing, as being devoted to get a beautiful flower, some rich chocolates, or any kind of small, loving gesture for your wife or lover. To others, it's the devotion to always be right, at no cost. Or, the devotion to keep something to one’s self. In “The Lady or The Tiger?”, by Frank Stockton, we see that devotion is a strong feeling that could lead to death. The short story, “The Lady or The Tiger?”, is about a semi-barbaric King, a beautiful princess, and the love of a handsome boy. When the King learns of the forbidden love, he gives the boy a chance of fate, live, or be killed by a tiger.
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There are many factors that lead to this tragedy. Starting off, the boys lover is a semi-barbaric princess. “But upon that hot-blooded, semi-barbaric princess, her soul at a white heat beneath the combined fires of despair and jealousy.” Who isn’t to say that, because of the feeling the princess has, she didn’t give him to the lions? The story also states how there is another woman who is flirting with him. The story states how she has seen both of them looking at each other in loving ways. It is clear here why she would kill the boy. Another reason is how handsome the boy is. In the short story, there is a five line paragraph stating how the boy was, “Tall, beautiful, fair, his appearance was greeted with a low hum of admiration and anxiety.” The laws in the story state how, if the man being tried chooses the door with the woman, they will be wed immediately, no matter what. Even if the man is already married, or has kids, he and the woman are wed in the colosseum. The princess would not want anyone else to have the boy, as the story states how she already knows who the lady is. This also shows how the devoted boy went to the door that the princess pointed at, and the reader can presume that it was the last choice of his life. In conclusion, you can see how, because of these facts, the reader can understand fully on how the boy chose the wrong
There are many factors that lead to this tragedy. Starting off, the boys lover is a semi-barbaric princess. “But upon that hot-blooded, semi-barbaric princess, her soul at a white heat beneath the combined fires of despair and jealousy.” Who isn’t to say that, because of the feeling the princess has, she didn’t give him to the lions? The story also states how there is another woman who is flirting with him. The story states how she has seen both of them looking at each other in loving ways. It is clear here why she would kill the boy. Another reason is how handsome the boy is. In the short story, there is a five line paragraph stating how the boy was, “Tall, beautiful, fair, his appearance was greeted with a low hum of admiration and anxiety.” The laws in the story state how, if the man being tried chooses the door with the woman, they will be wed immediately, no matter what. Even if the man is already married, or has kids, he and the woman are wed in the colosseum. The princess would not want anyone else to have the boy, as the story states how she already knows who the lady is. This also shows how the devoted boy went to the door that the princess pointed at, and the reader can presume that it was the last choice of his life. In conclusion, you can see how, because of these facts, the reader can understand fully on how the boy chose the wrong