TRUE LOVE PREVAILS
True Love Prevails
Wendy Cook
Rowan Cabarrus Community College
Abstract The Lady or The Tiger is a beautiful little story that leaves the reader hanging at its end. This is a paper arguing the possible outcome of the story.
No one can ever doubt the power of true love. Even when faced with the darkest of decisions, when love is present, it always wins one way or another. Frank Stockton poses this age old question to his reader in the short story The Lady or the Tiger. Literally, he leaves it to your discretion to decide whether a barbaric princess chooses her lovers fate to be death at the hand of a tiger or
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The princess was also very jealous of her lover which is a true sign of love. When the day arrived for her lover’s trial, she knew which lady would emerge from the door if the “correct” one was chosen, and she “hated her.” (page 5). When the princess was with her love, she had seen this lady casting flirty glances at her lover. The princess even thought that her lover might be returning them as well! Just like any woman smitten with jealously she imagined every conversation the two had to be intimate even though in her heart she must have known better. Regardless, the princess knew that “the girl was lovely…and with all the intensity of the savage blood transmitted to her thougth long lines of wholly barbaric ancestors, she hated the woman who blushed and trembled behind that silent door.” (p. 5) If the princess did not truly love the young man there would be no jealousy, the love would not be true love, and she would have cared less about this lady.
No one, not even the king, was given the information of which door held the lady or the tiger, but the princess pull all the strings to know the answer. Why would she have gone through the trouble if she didn’t want her lover to live? She sat “paler and whiter than anyone in the vast ocean of anxious faces around her” and directed her lover to a door when he asked. Would she have been pale and white if she wanted him to die at the hand of a tiger? Of course not! Her barbaric
In “The Lady or the Tiger,” by Frank Stockton, a princess chose a terrible death for her lover instead of having him marry another. Firstly we know from the story that the princess has a nightmarish daydream about opening the door of the lady. For example the narrator states “How in her horrid dream had she gnashed her teeth, and torn her hair, when she saw his rapture and delight as he came across women.” This quote proves she does not like the lady.
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"Lady of the Tiger" Paragraph Response The fate of a young lover is left in question at the end of Frank Stockton's short story, "The Lady and the Tiger. " Stockton asks his readers to determine to which door the princess motions--the door concealing the tiger or the door concealing the beautiful maiden. However, a close examination of the princess' character clearly reveals the answer. Considering that the princess is cynical and jealous, it is clear that she sends her lover into the claws of the tiger.
One of the main characters in “The Lady or The Tiger” by Frank Stockhorn, was the semi-barbaric princess. From beginning, the unnamed princess had ambiguity written all over her, and it was generously displayed near the end of the story. The end started with the young man asking the princess in a secretive manner about who was behind each door, either the lady who he would get married too, or the tiger, by which who would eat him, including which door he should choose. The princess points to the right and the prince believes his lover without hesitation. He opens the right and the story is cut off there , leaving the reader with the question, who was behind the door? At that moment, we learn about the princess’s dilemma ; “She had lost him,
In “The Lady Or The Tiger”, by Frank Stockton, the princess lets hatre and resentment into her heart and points to the door with the tiger behind it. In the story it says that she loathes the lady behind the door. “With all of the intensity of the savage blood passed down to her through long lines of completely barbaric ancestors, she hates the woman who blushes and trembles behind that silent door.” This quote shows that she would hate for the gentleman to marry to the lady behind the door. On the last page the author shows that, she would not mind if the man would die early.
Throughout history, love and jealousy have been regarded as the two most powerful emotions that have played a huge role in a person’s fate or destiny. This is very true in Frank Stockton’s short story “The Lady or the Tiger?’’ Stockton’s princess character had vital information which led to her lover’s fate, however his reader was left hanging leaving one important question unanswered- what was his fate? Jealousy conquered love and was the strongest emotion which won out between the two. This led to the tiger coming out from behind the door, based on the princess’ semi barbaric nature.
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That in fact would be wrong because since the princess was so in love with this young man she would be too jealous to see him with another woman other than herself. The princess was known for getting everything she wanted and she wanted to be with the handsome young man, not for another woman to be with him.
Now, the point of the story is this: Did the tiger come out of that door, or did the lady?
All in all, the tiger will emerge from the door on the right because like most women, this princess will do almost anything for her own happiness and to keep the one she loves. That is why she chooses death of her lover, the accused man, over giving the man a life happy with a lovely damsel. She assumes that if he shall die of being eaten, they will meet once again happy in love. He will love her and only her, and not be married or be in love with another woman. The princess’s mission is accomplished.
The criminal, the princess’ ex-lover, saw a guard come close to his cell, and unlock it, the key clicked in place. Rough hands grabbed him, it was time for the final judgement, the arena; would he live, or die? As he stumbled out onto the sandy stadium, the crowd cheered, but he only looked up, to the princess. Ultimately, the real loss was of the princess, who had either a dead soul mate, or one with another woman. In “The Lady, Or the Tiger?”, Stockton’s choice of point of view brings to mind the telling of an ancient tale rather than a formal narrative, encourages the reader to keep thinking even after the original narration has ended, as does his choice in framing the exposition and the plot structure.
I believe the princess pointed her man in the direction of the tiger because she was jealous and would rather have him killed then see him love another women. “But how much oftener had she seen him at the other door I don't think she could see him with another women when he's the love of her life, I think when you love someone you couldn't see yours self with someone else you wanna be with that person that you love the most.
The princess is in love with someone of the court and now she has to decide whether she will help him live or watch him die. After the love affair is discovered the semi-barbaric king has a man thrown into an arena to face life or death. It is now in the hands of the man who looks towards his lover in hopes of her guiding him to life. But she finds this difficult to do hesitation crosses her mind. Watch the person you love be with a woman who you despise or watch him die. Jealousy plays a big role in the princess’s mind as well as her semi-barbaric nature, she’s rattled and doesn’t know what to do. “If you truly love it set it free” as she directs the man to his
Without the slightest hesitation, he went to the door on the right, and opened it. Before the gate had even reached a foot off the ground the young lover, heartbroken, watched four frantic feet pacing back and forth and heard a deep, rhythmic panting. His mind frenziedly raced with dozens of thoughts: How could you do this to me? My dear lover, do you care but only for yourself? Someone must have forced her to tell me to choose the right door! What sort of fool am I to fall in love with the fairest lady in the kingdom?! What am I to do now? Run The tiger steadily stepped out of his dark cage, allowing the afternoon sun to warm his striped fur. He gazed first at the masses seated breathlessly around the stadium
We see this with the handsome young man and the barbaric princess. We must prove this with solid facts and true ideas. To begin, “This royal maiden was well satisfied with her lover, for he was handsome and brave to a degree unsurpassed in all this kingdom; and she loved him with and ardor” (16).The princess, although barbaric, wanted to choose her lovers fate. She wanted to know before anyone else what would happen to him. A true love story for some, but she the princess “possessed herself with the secret of the door” (17). Many times in the writing, you hear about their love and how true it was. True love hides nothing for “He expected her to know it. He understood her nature” (18). He knew that the elegant and barbaric princess, who he had and most likely still had loved, cared enough about him to seal his fate. Though the princess is highly barbaric as her father is, she loved him enough to allow him to live.