What Door Did The Princess Lead Him Into?

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What door did the princess lead him into? Which door would you tell your lover to enter? The one that would lead them to their emitted death of a stained teeth tiger? Or the one that would lead him to the altar with your most beautiful hated enemy? This is what the short story called “The Lady Or The Tiger” by Frank Stockton leaves you asking. Out of all greed and hatred that consumed the princess. I think the door of the tiger was the chosen entrance for the lover.

The event of the arena is simple, if you do a crime announced by the king you are put in the arena. When in the arena you get to choose one out of two doors to open. One cages a fierce tiger ready to pounce on their victim. The other is occupied by a lady hand picked to fit you. That is ready to marry you right there and then in the arena. The King thinks it’s a good way driven by destiny to prove guilt or innocence for the crime in his semi- barbaric ways. But when the princess's lover is put in the arena, it is not as simple as before. …show more content…

And informed the whole kingdom of the event of the youth. He found the most fierce tiger, and the princess’s most hated lady in all the land for the event. But while he did his planning, the princess found out which door lead to which fate for the youth. With her semi barbaric ways she inherited from her father, she attended the event. So when the event came around, the moment he walked in the arena he looked right at the princess. He knew that she would find out, from knowing her and her nature. So with the slightest of motion she signaled him to the right. With the motion he walked straight for the door on the right and opened it. That’s where it leaves you asking the question. What was behind the

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