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The Lady Or The Tiger Essay

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What was behind the door? The short story The Lady or the Tiger made by Frank Stockton, tells a story about a princess having a lover that was a commoner and the king finding out about their relationship. The lover had to face judgment because the king was a man of exuberant fancy and withal of authority. The lover had to face a sentence by going to the area and choosing between two doors. One door has a Tiger; the other has a woman. The princess can direct her lover to a tiger or a woman which she hates. The story ends with the reader having to decide the fate of the man but the evidence points to a clear conclusion. The princess couldn’t bare to see her lover with another woman and directed her lover to the door with a tiger behind it. The story clearly says the princess hates the woman behind one of the doors. The story states, “The girl was lovely, but she had dared to raise her eyes to the loved one of the princess; and, with all the intensity of the savage blood transmitted to her through long lines of wholly barbaric ancestors, she hated the woman who blushed and trembled behind that silent door.” How could the princess direct her lover to such a person that she hated so much? The princess knew who the woman was and was also very jealous of the woman. The woman was one of the fairest and loveliest of the damsels of the court. The princess …show more content…

“This semi-barbaric king had a daughter as blooming as his most florid fancies, and with a soul as fervent and imperious as his own.” The statement tells the reader that the princess had strong barbaric roots and she was the apple of the King's eye. The princess would have a craving for blood because of her brutal roots. The princess's barbaric roots would increase her hatred of women. The barbaric roots of the princess would make her want to direct her lover to the door that has the tiger behind it because she craves bloodshed and her increased hatred for the

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