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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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    The Lady‚ or The Tiger? In "The Lady‚ or the Tiger?" I believe the tiger came out because MOST of the people I know are selfish‚ stubborn or stingy. I think the man got torn to pieces. One of the reasons I think the tiger came out is because the princess is semi-barbaric.(Paragraph 9) . In fact‚ it seems to me like she wouldn’t mind if her loved ones got torn apart by a tiger and eaten. Another reason is the princess was jealous because the lady was kind‚ thoughtful

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    The Lady Or The Tiger? In the very olden time there lived a semi-barbaric king‚ whose ideas‚ though somewhat polished and sharpened by the progressiveness of distant Latin neighbors‚ were still large‚ florid‚ and untrammeled‚ as became the half of him which was barbaric. He was a man of exuberant fancy‚ and‚ withal‚ of an authority so irresistible that‚ at his will‚ he turned his varied fancies into facts. He was greatly given to self-communing‚ and‚ when he and himself agreed upon anything‚

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    In the story “The Lady‚ or the Tiger” there is a decision about what the king’s daughter will do. Will she lead her lover to the door with the lady? Or will she lead him to his death‚ the door with the tiger. Since the story never tells us exactly what happened‚ I have to make a guess on my own. I can’t make this guess based off what I would do. But based off of evidence from the text. I also had 5to guess from the actions she had and the things she had said. Personally‚ I feel like she will lead

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    “THE LADY OR THE TIGER “ 1) Exuberant-effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic Emanate-to flow out‚ issue‚ or proceed‚ as from a source or origin; come forth Dire-causing or involving great fear or suffering Florid-Obsolete Retribution-requital according to merits or deserts Aesthetic-pertaining to a sense of the beautiful 2) The lesson of the story to me is the consequences of your actions. Poor prisoners of the king are forced to choose one of two doors which hold behind them either

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    difficult dilemma in his short story‚ “The Lady or the Tiger.” A semi barbaric princess must decide her lover’s fate by choosing to send him death or to another woman in her father’s arena of chance. She spends hour after hour deliberating the two options. Finally‚ she finds herself picking the door in which the cruel fangs of the tiger await. It is her jealousy that allows her to send the suitor to his brutal death. The amount of envy and spite she has toward the lady is titanic. She is also aware of the

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