Who Is The Door In The Lady Or The Tiger

In the short story “The Lady, or the Tiger” written by Frank R. Stockton, the semi-barbaric princess’s lover is put on trial for daring to love her. The king’s way to find out if someone is guilty or not is to make them choose between two doors. One door has a tiger that will immediately kill the person being put on trial. The other door has a beautiful lady behind it, which the man would be instantly married to. This form of judgment was the king’s twisted way of justice and entertainment. When the princess’s lover was put on trial the princess knew which door contained the lady and which door contained the deadly tiger. The semi-barbaric princess directed her lover to choose the right door, which was the door of the tiger.
To begin, the door with the tiger opened because the princess is jealous of the lady behind the other door. As the princess sat thinking about which door to choose, she remembers that the lady behind the door has been “throwing glances of admiration”( 3) at her lover. In other words, the princess is jealous of the lady behind the door because the princess knows that the lady
Stockton, the lover of a semi-barbaric princess is put on trial by the king, after daring to love his daughter. The princess’s lover has to choose between two doors, one door has a deadly tiger and the other door has a beautiful lady behind it. The princess’s job is to direct her lover to what she thinks is the correct door, as the author never reveals which door she chooses the readers are able to decide. The princess chose the door of the tiger because she hates and is jealous of the lady behind of the other door. While others would suggest that the princess chose the door of the lady because she loves him and would suffer seeing her lover’s blood and hearing him scream. The princess was given the right to chose for her lover and she decided that the correct door to chose was the door of the