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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"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
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In the short story‚ “The Lady or the Tiger”‚ the accused is faced with a dilemma. Should he trust the princess whom he loves and open the door on the right she has gestured towards‚ or should he open the other door? One door hides a deadly tiger and the other door holds a beautiful lady. Based on the characterization of the princess in the story‚ the accused should choose the other door. If the princess wishes not to lose her lover to another woman‚ she will direct him towards death via the
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Period 4 3-3-12 Class number 14 The Lady or the Tiger By: Frank Stockton This story leaves the reader filled with curiosity. The author doesn’t make the conclusion‚ or ending‚ very clear‚ and instead‚ leaves the reader to decide how they perceive‚ or want the story to end. “And so I leave it with all of you! Which came out of the opened door-the lady‚ or the tiger?”(page ) If I had to make a prediction to guess the result‚ I would think it was the tiger that came out by the clues/hints throughout
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The Lady or the Tiger The lady was behind the right door. This is because‚ if you truly think about it… you realize that all stories will end hopefully happy. So this is how it goes‚ he marries the girl behind the door and lives. If the princess really loves him‚ then she will be happy just to see him alive and happy. Obviously she will be heart broken and sad‚ but its all because of her father. It may take time for her to understand that‚ but once she realizes it‚ she’ll see that its bett
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that lay behind those doors stood the cage of the tiger‚ with its open front‚ and in which waived the tiger.” Which was her choice? In Frank Stockton’s short story “The Lady or the Tiger?” the princess holds the fate of her lover in her hands. She was forbidden by her father‚ the king‚ to love a man beneath her station. He must face his destiny in the king’s arena-either opening the door to the fearsome tiger to await death or the beautiful lady that he will immediately marry. However ‚ the choice
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All actions have consequences. In the story “The Lady or the Tiger” written by Frank R. Stockton‚ the princess is left with the decision to either feed her lover to a tiger or watch her lover be happily married to another beautiful woman. The reader is led to believe that the princess persuaded her lover to pick the door with the tiger behind it. The princess had concluded that the consequence of killing her lover was better than having to deal with the jealousy of watching him live happily with
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Shelby Simmons Mrs. Coleman English III 20 August 2013 “The Lady or the Tiger” The Lady or the Tiger is about a princess and her lover. The princess and her lover were madly in love with each other. The princess’s father wasn’t very happy when he found out that his daughter had a common man has her lover. When the King found out about the princess having a common man has her lover he sent him to the arena. The tiger is behind the door the young man opens because the princess is jealous‚ the princess
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“The Lady or Tiger” By: Frank R. Stockson Critical Analysis: Who actually came out the door was it the tiger or the lady? According to the story‚ there was a conflict between the boy and the king so; the king had a punishment in mind which was the boy to come down the arena. There was two doors in the arena one has a tiger and the other is simply a lady who was so beautiful. In the watching set there was a princess who was also pretty. The princess was in the arena and the boy was
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Who would you choose‚ The Lady or the Tiger? In Frank Stockton’s short story‚ The Lady or the Tiger‚ the author leaves the ending in a very precarious way. The author‚ Frank‚ leaves the story ending up to the reader. The princess should have the most sympathy in this short story. She is the daughter of a barbaric king who has made his own justice system that he feels is fair. The king puts the accused into an arena where they decide their fate. The princess has to make a brutal decision of seeing
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