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    and send you to prison or jail right? Well in this story the “The lady or the Tiger” you was to choose your way out of the kings arena, this might sound good to you ,but the people not so much. They had a choice of a lady that they had to get instantly married to on the spot, or a tiger, the cruelest and fiercest, to be eaten by. Even if you already had a wife and kids it wouldn’t have mattered you would still have to marry the lady if you choose her door. Which brings up the man that feel in love

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    The author of “The Lady or the Tiger?” mentions that, “No matter how the affair turned out, the youth would be disposed of,” which means that justice would not be served, and the youth would not be with his lover anymore. The youth and the princess had been lovers until the king learned of their love affair, and wished to punish the youth. The young man was put to a trial by tiger, a trial of the king’s own creation. The lover can not be with the princess either way the trial turns out. One way is

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    what the princess in “The Lady or the Tiger” faced. On the other hand, the princess had the choice of letting her lover live and marry someone else or let him get eaten alive by a tiger. The princess wouldn’t let the man she loves walk away happily with a new women because if she can’t have him no one will. The short story, The Lady or the Tiger, written by Frank R. Stockton shows readers how madness motivated the princess to leading her darling to the door holding the tiger and overall affecting the

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    In “The Lady, or the Tiger?”, by Frank R. Stockton, a story about how a princess must make a choice to help her lover or to stand by her father and let fate decide. In the story the princess is caught with a forbidden lover, and he is then sent to the king’s vast amphitheater. He is accused and there he is forced to choose between two doors, one which held the fiercest, and most cruel tiger ever. Then behind the other door, was a lady, the most suitable to his years. If the lady walked out

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    the story, The Lady, or the Tiger, you either got married or died. This interesting story was wrote by Frank .Stockton did a really good job of making you think .In the story there was a semi barbaric king whose ideas where polished and sharpened by the progressiveness of distant Latin neighbors .If you done something bad in this kingdom you didn’t get a fair trial you had to choose between two doors .The lady or the tiger! If you picked the lady you was safe, if you pick the tiger you was fresh meat

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    In the story, "The Lady or the Tiger?", I had to make a decision on whether the princess chose the door with the lion or the door with the lady, based on her personality and actions. I gathered evidence from the story that inferred she was caring, beautiful, and intense. After looking at all of my evidence, I decided that the princess led the man to the tiger. I decided that the princess led him to the tiger because she loved him so much that it would have angered her seeing him with someone else

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    impossible, they don’t want anyone else to have it. In the case of The Lady Or The Tiger? By Frank Stockton, love is a driving force in the decisions made by everyone. The princess has to decide whether or not the love of her life should be anything but her’s, but at the same time wants to punish him because she is selfish. Selfishness took control of her decisions, as it does in many situations with tough choices for humans. The tiger would come out of

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    “The Lady or the Tiger” Library Prompt #2 “The Lady or the Tiger” by Edgar Allan Poe displays the love affair of a young man and a princess. The man is punished by the king for falling in love with his daughter. He has to choose between one doors,one with a tiger that would eat him alive, and the other one with a random woman that the man would have to marry no matter what. According to the text, “It mattered not that he might already possess a wife and a family, or that his affections might be

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    The Lady or The Tiger? Every heart was beating, every breath was held, every eye was fixed upon that man. Without the slightest hesitation , he went to the door on the right and opened it. The entire crowd held their breath, The door started to open slightly. Out came the… ferocious tiger! It was oh so evident that the king’s daughter would have been too jealous of him being with another beautiful woman. He felt betrayed and abandoned. The crowd let out a gasp, half the crowd cheered for

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    Characters From my point of view, in this short story The Lady, or The Tiger?, the writer, Frank Stockton has included and narrated some of the characters. The characters are the people who responsible for the thought and actions in this short story. They are extremely important because they will help the readers to understand the whole parts of the story line through their actions. Each character has he/her own attitudes, mannerism and appearances or making it briefly, their personalities will

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