RESPONSE The Lady & the Tiger When the story "The Lady or the Tiger" ended‚ I was left sitting‚ trying to figure out what happened‚ what came out of the door he opened‚ and what I would have done in that same situation. And then‚ when asked to write a response to this‚ I was forced to think even more‚ because now‚ not only did I have to figure it out‚ I had to put it in words and submit it to my English teacher. I think that the princess probably would have let her
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by a savage tiger? How about tolerating a guilty man who has been rewarded by marriage and claimed innocent walk the streets‚ all while being able to commit the same or greater crime once again? the king has had many trials ‚ but have they all been supported with evidence or witnesses. Have they been asked their part of the story or given the chance to confess their crime? No they haven’t so there cant be a valid reasonto believe the king to be just. In the story‚ "The Lady or the Tiger" by Frank
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story‚ “The Lady or the Tiger”‚ by Frank Stockton‚ a young man is judged because of his love for the King’s daughter. The man is put in prison and sent to the arena to be judged. While being judged he looks to the princess for guidance. The princess’s selfish heart‚ her hatred toward the woman‚ and her belief that she can see her love again in paradise causes her to lead her lover the door with the tiger. The princess’s selfish heart causes her to guide her lover to the door with the tiger inside. A
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said is the opposite of what is meant. Dramatic irony is when the reader knows something that a character does not know. There are many stories that use irony to make them more interesting such as "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote‚ "The Lady‚ or the Tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton‚ "Thank You‚ M’am" by Langston Hughes and "The
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the Lady or the Tiger‚ his mind was surprisingly calm. He knew the princess would make the right choice. He trusted her; he loved her. His hand felt the cool metal of the doorknob. He heard it click as it was turned as if the silence of the arena wasn’t already enough to make the hair on the back of his neck stand up. He wasn’t nervous‚ no. As he gently pulled on the cloth-silenced door‚ he merely wondered what fate the princess chose for him. A swift death at the claws of an angry tiger‚ of a
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In the short story of "The Lady or the Tiger" is about the sacrifice of love people have to suffer when they love another person. One of the examples is the way the princess and her lover try to maintain a relationship knowing that the king could find out and punish the lover. The princess has to sacrifice her lover because the king finally discovers the secret love affair of his daughter. She has already lost her lover and now has to choose who to lose him to. She has found out what is behind each
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Dillon Russo 5/6/10 Period 1 The Lady or the Tiger? Questions 1. In the kingdom described in the story‚ what happens after a person is accused of a crime? If you are accused of a crime‚ you are thrown into an arena with two doors. One door contained a lady‚ and the other had hungry tiger. If you were innocent they would somehow be drawn to the door with a lady in it‚ and if guilty then they were drawn to the door with the tiger and be eaten. 2. For what crime was the young
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In the short story “The Lady or the Tiger” a man has been caught by the king committing the crime of dating his daughter and is sent to trial. The princess is then faced with a troublesome decision at his trial; to either let her lover be eaten by a voracious tiger or to marry another woman. The author then lets the story off with a cliffhanger and does not let you read what the princess chose‚ so that is up to the reader. I am here to express my opinion on that topic. In my opinion‚ I am lead to
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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
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In the story‚ "The Lady or the tiger" By Frank B. Stockton‚ there was semi-barbaric king that ran a controlling kingdom under his power. From his Latin neighbors‚ he used the idea to build a public arena for his own purposes. He decided to use the arena as a barbaric trials‚ where the accused would have to decide pick their fate between two doors. One door lead to punishment‚ death by tiger. And the other door led to a lady where the accused would have to marry her‚ with no option not too. The king
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