The Lady And The Tiger Analysis

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“And so I leave it with all of you: Which came out of the opened door, -the lady, or the tiger? (Stockton 5) The princess must choose her lovers faith, another lady or a tiger. “The Lady and the Tiger,” by Frank R. Stockton is about a rich arrogant princess and a poor guy in love. The princess's father, the king, does not like the idea of their relationship. The king has a special way of deciding someone's guilt. In an arena, everyone watching, the accused must choose between two doors exactly alike side-by-side. Inside one door is a beautiful lady. If the accused opens that door they are not guilty, on the spot they are wed. In the other door, however, is a tiger. Open that door and you are guilty. The tiger came out …show more content…

The princess is jealous and has seen her lover and the lady together. She feels, “...sometimes she thought these glances were perceived, and even returned. Now and then she had seen them talking together; it was but for a moment or two…she had dared to raise her eyes to the loved one of the princess…” This shows how the princess is concerned about the two of them together for just a moment. She does not enjoy the fact they were together at all. The princess would not lead her lover to the lady because she can’t stand the fact of them being together. “…she hates the woman who blushed and trembled behind that silent door.” She hates the lady as well, and would never want her lover and them to be married. The princess would not choose for her lover to be wed to a lady she hates so much, which is why she chose the tiger.
Some people say the princess wouldn’t kill her lover, they’re wrong because she explains at the end of the story how horrid it would be to have her lover be wed to the lady. “How in grievous reveries had she gnashed her teeth, and torn her hair, when she saw his start of rapturous delight as he opened the door to the lady! How her soul had burned in agony when she had seen him rush to meet that woman…” The princess goes on about how horrible it would be to see them together, she wouldn’t be able to do that the rest of her life. In the end she chose the tiger because she could

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