ipl-logo

Jealousy In 'The Lady Or The Tiger?'

459 Words2 Pages

In the story, "The Lady or the Tiger?," I believe that the princess chose the door with the tiger behind it due to her jealousy of the beautiful princess. She is selfish, and doesn't want anyone else having her man. Also, her father does not approve of her relationship with her lover anyway, for he is not a prince.

The princess is self-centered, like her father. They are both very passionate and caring, but tend to put themselves first over everything. When her father found out about her lover and his trial was set, she somehow found a way to know behind which door the princes and the tiger would come out. It was only when she found out that the princess behind one of the doors was one of the most beautiful in the land, that her hatred began to set in. …show more content…

When he had entered the arena, there were behind gasps and sighs, for he was so handsome, and I don't think anyone wanted to see him be mauled by the tiger. He took a glance up at the princess, and knew that she knew behind which door stood the lady or the tiger. The time came to choose, and, his eyes fixed on the princess, he mouthed, "Which?" The princess had no time to hesitate. She quickly raised her right arm so that no one else in the arena except her lover had seen. Beyond that point, who knows if he chose the lady or the tiger...

So, that's why I believe the princess let her lover choose the door with the tiger behind it. She let her hated for the beautiful woman get the best of her. Her conceited-ness caused her to tell him the door that the tiger was behind, just so no one else could have him. The princess also could not go against her father's rules, so she was forced to stop seeing him. The thought of him being with another princess was too overwhelming, which furthered her decision to let him get

Show More
Related

  • Tiger's Life In My Louisiana Sky By Kimberly Willis Holt

    778 Words  | 4 Pages

    In the book, Tiger’s granny dies of a heart attack while picking beans. Her granny is one of the only people she has to look up to and one of the only ones she can go to for advice. When Granny dies, Tiger loses that. She loses the one person that could tell her the honest truth of any matter, see right right through all the excuses and fake smiles, and “put everything in their rightful places.” Tiger tries to avoid everyone at the funeral; however, her family reacts differently to Granny’s death.

    Read More

  • Use Of Satire In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight

    898 Words  | 4 Pages

    The king and his knights wake up early one morning to go on a hunt for a boar. While they are gone, the lady of the castle goes to Sir Gawain’s room. On her way out, “she kissed him,” (12) and then was on her way. Because the lady of the castle is married to the king, the love shared between her and Sir Gawain must stay a secret. Although they just met, he is very polite to the lady and wins a kiss from her in the end.

    Read More

  • Princess Paradox By James Poniewozik Summary

    1015 Words  | 5 Pages

    Orenstein realizes the overall meaning of what princess means needs to be seen as someone who has character and someone who people can look up to, instead of just thinking about fitting in and looking in a certain way,

    Read More

  • Fate In The Most Dangerous Game And The Lady Or The Tiger

    444 Words  | 2 Pages

    Meanwhile, he was caught by the king and thrown in jail. On page 14, paragraph it states,”The criminal would not know out of which door would come to the lady: he opened either he pleased, without having the slightest idea whether, in the next instant , he was to be devoured or married.” He really doesn't know if what's really going to happen. Secondly, the princess finds out what’s in each door and she thinks it’s all a game.

    Read More

  • Similarities Between King Midas And The Golden Touch

    1096 Words  | 5 Pages

    Both the story and poem show her kindness, but the story portrays the princess as naive and impulsive, while the poem’s princess is more intelligent and

    Read More

  • Lady Or The Tiger Quotes

    162 Words  | 1 Pages

    In the book, “The Lady or The Tiger” by frank Stockton, one of the main characters, the princess, is jealous when she points to the door with the tiger behind it. The author says, “And with all the intercity of the lines of completely barbaric ancestors, she hated the woman that blushed and trembled behind the door.” This quote shows, that she has a very strong hatred for this woman. She would choose for the tiger to be behind the door, because she would want to speak revenge on this woman to get her badly injured.

    Read More

  • Gender Roles In The Princess And The Frog

    597 Words  | 3 Pages

    The movie “The Princess and the Frog” is not your typical “boy saves girl” movie. Instead, this Disney movie presents us with a strong female lead who doesn’t need a man to achieve her goals. In many previous Disney movies, it is demonstrated that a girl needs a man in order to get her happily ever after. Without a prince, she is nothing. In “The Princess and the Frog” the gender roles are presented to us as equal, even reverse at times.

    Read More

  • Argumentative Essay: The Lady And The Tiger

    599 Words  | 3 Pages

    Lady and the Tiger Argumentative Essay “She knew in which of the two rooms that lay behind those doors stood the cage of the tiger, and which waited the lady.” Which did she choose? In Frank Stockton's short story, the Lady and the Tiger, the lovely princess loves deeply for a man, but now that her father has found out she is with a man in a lower social class, she had to witness her soul mate be sentenced to her father’s coliseum. The princess loves this man greatly, but she is scared that she would have to watch her lover being mauled by a tiger or fall in love with a woman that she deeply despises.

    Read More

  • The Lady Or The Tiger Literary Analysis

    874 Words  | 4 Pages

    However, the princess struggles between which door she should send her lover to open. Alternatively, Stockton describes the princess to be as barbaric and imperious as her father. Her insanely jealous heart cannot tolerate even imagining her lover marrying the other woman. Even though the princess professes to love the accused, her self-centered mentality unable her to consider anyone but herself when making a decision. Thus, the evidence causes the reader to believe that the princess’s lover opens the door to the tiger as a result of her barbaric personality, jealousy, and selfishness.

    Read More

  • The Princess's Choice In 'The Lady Or The Tiger'

    760 Words  | 4 Pages

    The Princess’s Choice Frank R. Stockton, the author of The Lady or The Tiger, wrote the story and left us questioning who might have been behind the door. The story is puzzling and mysterious all together. The story gives many evidences and hints to the princess’s decision. Some would say that the lady came out from behind the door, but there are several evidence that show that the princess chose the door with the tiger. First of all, if the princess chose the lady, she would be in so much pain to see her lover and the lady together.

    Read More

  • The Lady Or The Tiger Analysis

    778 Words  | 4 Pages

    This was actually a fair decision because he had no idea in which door the tiger or the lady was in. The semi-barbaric king had a daughter whom he loved above all humanity the princess was in love with a young man he was handsome and brave she loved him very much . Many may think that in the story “The Lady, or the Tiger?” By Frank R. Stockson the lady came through the door, In fact the tiger was the one that came through the door because the princess hated the lady that was behind the door and she would never let her lover be married to someone whom she hates. The other reason is that the princess knows that they glared at each other when they were together so she knows there’s something going on between them two.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of Cinderella

    1618 Words  | 7 Pages

    In the list of the world’s most watched fairy tales, Cinderella is of no exception. Over the years, seven hundred versions of Cinderella have been created all over the world in different languages (Kelley, 1994). In the 19th century, the first written form of the story was published in China. However, a modern version of Cinderella collated in France in 1697 by Charles Perrault (Williams, 2016) has become very popular in the United States (Kelley, 1994). Based on Perrault’s version, Walt Disney created a full-length animation of Cinderella in 1950 (History.com Staff, 2009).

    Read More

  • Realism In The Tiger's Bride By Angela Carter

    2049 Words  | 9 Pages

    The titular bride herself narrates the story “The Tiger’s Bride” and she begins her story with the statement, “My father lost me to The Beast at cards” (BYB 154). The first line of the tale itself points to the idea of women as objects of exchange between men. This is further accentuated when she states that her mother had also been bartered for her dowry to the Russian nobility and died young owing to her father’s gaming, whoring and agonizing repentances (BYB 155). The story begins with the girl and her father travelling from Russia to Milan, where, the girl helplessly watches her father lose all her inheritance to the Beast in a game of cards. She states, “I watched with the furious cynicism peculiar to women whom circumstances force mutely to witness folly,

    Read More

  • Comparing Snow Glass And Apples

    856 Words  | 4 Pages

    It’s about Snow White but this story is from the queen’s point of view. The queen discovers that Snow White is a bloodthirsty vampire and becomes terrified of her. The queen forces Snow White out from the castle to protect the kingdom and its people. Snow White finds her wicked prince in the forest and her greatest desire is to return to the castle and get revenge and murder the Queen.

    Read More

  • Tiger Alcon Short Story

    923 Words  | 4 Pages

    When the wind howls it’s hardest, and the rain is so heavy that simply walking a few step is treacherous, some say that you can still hear the shouts of fear from a man. This man’s name was Taylor “Tiger” Alcon. Most people, however, only knew him as Tiger. His body was never found, nor was his car. Only pictures can show faint images of Tiger.

    Read More

More about Jealousy In 'The Lady Or The Tiger?'

Open Document