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Virginia Woolf's Princess-Barbaric?

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The book has described this princess semi barbaric in the sense that she can be ruthless and times but swell kind and welcoming. The question is rather which door did she lead the prince towards. Which situation would the princess rather have lived with for the rest of her life. Was it the door with her enemy a lady who would steal her beloved away leaving the princess with a life of jealousy knowing that she can never have the prince even though her lover would be satisfied. Rather did she guide the prince to the door with the flesh eating tiger that would instantly end his life, but in this case she wouldn 't have to worry about the lady and her prince ever again. When the stakes are so high I think that we are able to see how truly barbaric

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