Lady or the Tiger
Did the princess’s love for the young man win over her jealousy? A long time ago, there was a semi-barbaric king, who had a daughter; like the king, she was a passionate and arrogant. Since the king was semi-barbaric, he had an arena to determine whether someone was innocent, or guilty. This was completely fair because it is unknown to the criminal what lies behind each door. If the accused criminal chose a door that had a tiger, the tiger would shred the criminal up into pieces and eat him, as a result of his punishment. However, if the accused criminal chose the door with a beautiful lady, then they would immediately get married as his reward for his innocence. One day, the king found out that his daughter had a love affair with a young man, whom was low in status. The young man was casted into prison, until the day of his trial in the king’s arena came. Both the young man and the princess exchanged glances in the arena, and the princess hinted to a door. Was it the door with a beautiful …show more content…
According to page 3,”Often had she seen, or imagined that she had seen, this fair creature throwing glances of admiration upon the person of her lover, and sometimes she thought these glances were perceived, and even returned. Now and then she had seen them talking together; it was but for a moment or two, but much can be said in a brief space; it may have been on most unimportant topics, but how could she know that?” This quote shows that the princess was suspicious of the lady and her lover. Sometimes, she saw them exchange glances of admiration, which made her more skeptical of their relationship. The princess hated this lady for that reason and the fact that her lover marrying the lady instead of her made her angry. Thus, I believe the princess chose the door of the tiger because she was mistrustful of the lady and her
Did the princess’s love for the young man win over her jealousy? A long time ago, there was a semi-barbaric king, who had a daughter; like the king, she was a passionate and arrogant. Since the king was semi-barbaric, he had an arena to determine whether someone was innocent, or guilty. This was completely fair because it is unknown to the criminal what lies behind each door. If the accused criminal chose a door that had a tiger, the tiger would shred the criminal up into pieces and eat him, as a result of his punishment. However, if the accused criminal chose the door with a beautiful lady, then they would immediately get married as his reward for his innocence. One day, the king found out that his daughter had a love affair with a young man, whom was low in status. The young man was casted into prison, until the day of his trial in the king’s arena came. Both the young man and the princess exchanged glances in the arena, and the princess hinted to a door. Was it the door with a beautiful …show more content…
According to page 3,”Often had she seen, or imagined that she had seen, this fair creature throwing glances of admiration upon the person of her lover, and sometimes she thought these glances were perceived, and even returned. Now and then she had seen them talking together; it was but for a moment or two, but much can be said in a brief space; it may have been on most unimportant topics, but how could she know that?” This quote shows that the princess was suspicious of the lady and her lover. Sometimes, she saw them exchange glances of admiration, which made her more skeptical of their relationship. The princess hated this lady for that reason and the fact that her lover marrying the lady instead of her made her angry. Thus, I believe the princess chose the door of the tiger because she was mistrustful of the lady and her