The Lady Or The Tiger Analysis

This short narrative is more of a tale rather than a story because there is no dialogue; no one speaks to the reader, but the narrator. The narrator knows the story, but people can sense, the he is not there himself. He knows more than what meets the eye. In Frank Stockton’s short story called “The Lady or the Tiger” which was published in 1882 and still has remained an exciting and puzzling ideal that is still practiced today. This type of ending is strange and gives the reader full control to finish the story in their own mind, thus causing much controversy and debate over the topic. In the story, “The Lady or the Tiger”, when a man is convicted of a crime, he is placed in an arena, with hundreds of people watching, and he has to choose

Among the many anticipating spectators, the princess motioned with her right hand a gesture that only the courtier saw when he looked up at the princess. This was a clear message in the gesture: Pick the door on the right. First of all, of why the tiger would be behind the door is, in the end of Chapter Six, the narrator writes: “But how much oftener had she seen him at the other door! How in her grievous reveries had she gnashed her teeth, and torn her hair, when she saw his start of rapturous delight as he opened the door of the lady! How her soul had been crushed in agony when she saw him rush to meet that woman, with her flushing cheek and sparkling eye of victory; when she had seen him lead her forth, … followed by the tremendous shouts of the ecstatic crowd,which in turned drowned out the only one who didn’t want him to pick the lady, ” This clearly states that the tiger is the obvious choice since in the title “The Lady or the Tiger”, and in sentences containing lady or tiger in them, “tiger” is almost always on the

Therefore, she would be more likely to choose the tiger to support the moral beliefs she shares with her father. With these claims, there are arguments that can be against them. For example, one might take a look at the first claim and say, “Wouldn’t the lady’s sending the courtier to his death haunt her for the rest of her days? After all, she technically ‘killed’ him.” Or, they could read through the claim offered and say: “If the princess was not truly in love with the man convicted, would it matter if he ended up with the lady? ” In response to the claim, it is natural that the princess should most likely be very grievous and probably guilty after sending her previous lover to his demise. But since there will be no constant reminder of him, her memories of him will probably will fade over time, and her pain will automatically be lessened; after all, time heals all