Write An Alternate Ending To The Lady Or The Tiger

Do you like the ending of the book? Why or why not? Do you think there is more to tell? What do you think might happen next? Give details with page numbers from the book to explain.

The princesses father was the king who also had a semi barbaric nature much like his daughter’s he was known to have taken great aesthetic pleasure in watching the accused subjects choose their own fate, no matter the

. . burned in agony” (150) as her love runs to his reward of innocence, she chooses the door in which the tiger will appear, only because this jealous princess would not want her lover to be happy with another woman and have him kept to herself, dead or alive.

Was the tiger going to come or the absolutely gorgeous lady everyone had been talking about? So many questions raced through the lover 's mind as the door opened. His fate had rested within the princess, and he trusted her with all his heart. He loved her so much, and not being with the princess pained more than he could ever demonstrate.

‘The Lady or the Tiger?’ The choice had to be made because one so innocent was guilty of falling in love with a princess, causing the princess to fall for him too. This union of a worthless commoner and a semi- barbaric princess was unacceptable for the princess’s even more barbaric father, the king, as ‘never before had a subject dared to love the daughter of a king’. (pg. 34) The decision was made and the date was set, the youthful soul was sent into the arena and fate decided the rest. If he had died or if he had lived, he was lost to the princess forever. The princess chose to kill her lover and save herself the misery of having to see him share a life with another. That day in the arena, the guilty opened the tiger’s door.

Once there was a semi-barbaric king who used his riches to get whatever he and himself wanted. The king decided to make a coliseum the would determine the fate of a criminal accused of committing a crime. After the king had made the laws for his entertainment it was announced to him by a bystander that his lovely daughter that he loved greatly, had fallen in love with someone “unworthy”. The princess loved, the man she loved by knowing he was handsome, strong, and the most brave someone could be. The king had been filled with rage when he heard of it’s knowability. It took the king merely the blink of an eye to order the young man that his daughter swooned over to be sent to prison. A date was set for the man's trial in the king's coliseum. The king had interviewed every worthy woman to marry the prisoner, and choose the maiden the princess had hate with burning passion. The princess had paid the worker to tell her what door the tiger was going to be

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.

“The Lady, or The Tiger” by Mr. Frank R. Stockton has compelled readers for as long as time. This story ends with all wondering, so which is it, the delicate and fair young lady or the savage, fierce, wild-eyed tiger standing behind the door. This makes us ponder whether human heart chooses love or jealously. Within this essay, there will be proof that it is the stunning young woman behind the door. Although there is evidence proving that it is the tiger, in a sense there is more evidence stating that the elegant and barbaric princess allowed her real lover to continue living. To begin let us start with the small dwindling points that the tiger, lye behind the door.

The crowd cried with an uproar heard leagues away in all directions and the princess, half relieved of her sorrow, gently smiled back at her lover while her father stared in awe. But ever so faintly, the young man heard a deep and vicious growl coming from behind the second gate. He quickly yelled for the crowd to quiet their rampant exuberance, so that the unknown sound could be heard more distinctively. With eyes red and ferocity swelling up in his body, the valiant youth shouted, "My fellow citizens! Hear now, the bellow of another tiger behind the second gate!" At this, the crowd gasped in disbelief and mocked the injustice the king showed toward his victim. Then, the embarrassed ruler turned his head toward his right and saw the streams of tears flowing from the eyes of his daughter as she glared at him and ran down the steps of the stadium toward her once-again lover. With outstretched arms, the young lovers embraced and kissed one another as the crowd once again shouted with joy from their seats. The man's trusted friend quickly hopped over the parapet and ran toward his living friend. Altair met his savior and embraced him, thanking him for his help and loyalty. Soon, however, the crowd's cheering began to gradually die down. Surprised, the lovers and friend turned to see the king coming into the stadium. With all due respect, the three gently bowed at the king, but before any of them could utter a word, his majesty spoke, "My

In the story “The Lady or The Tiger” a princess is forced to watch her lover choose his destiny. The king is described as semi-barbaric because he shows compassion towards the accused. He allows them to choose their own fate by letting them pick a door, one with a hungry tiger and the other which contains a beautiful woman who he would marry on the spot. The man in the story finds himself in this situation after the king discovered he was having a love affair with his daughter. At the end of the story the princess is torn and she cannot decide if she should guide the man to life or watch him die.

Louis was, let's just say, he was different. He wasn't like any of the other princes from any of the other kingdoms, and he didn't want to be. When all the young rulers would join together at annual feasts, the other young men would eat perfectly with their chins up in a glorifying and polite way. Louis, however, did not. Louis ate with whatever utensils he wanted, however fast he wanted to, and didn't stop to wipe his chin when a drizzle of soup escaped his spoon.

As she made her way to the chicken coop Atalanta over heard the murmurs from the women in long gowns “you won’t believe what happened at the market this morning!” the woman with the soft lilac dress exclaimed “ a giant boar came crashing into the stalls destroying all the produce! That boar had to be as mad as a hatter!” The woman proclaimed. The other woman’s eyebrow rose in disbelief, but stayed silent as the woman walked down to the bakery and continue their morning gossip. Atalanta’s eyes widened with her jaw dropped, she had heard the rumors of a hideous monster prowling the border between the forest and the kingdom, but never thought of it lurking within the heart of the town! Atalanta continued her commute to the chicken coop, but happened to notice a poster on the side of the building. As she approached it the paper read the words “all of the bravest men will prove their strength and protect the kingdom from the mighty beast that caused the destruction at the market. You’ll meet at the kingdom and prove your worthy by slaying the boar!” Atalanta smile widened this could be her chance, she then ripped the flyer of the building and began to make her way to the king’s

The crowd grew silent as the handsome man was standing in front of the door that I had motioned him to open. Some people fantasized about the man being pounced on by the vicious tiger, while others were hoping that he would have a chance at a joyous life with a new companion. Sadly for the spectators who came to the institution wishing for a happily ever after, I have made sure that he didn’t get to be with any other woman but

In the story “The Lady and the Tiger”, a princess is forced to make a decision that will have an awful outcome either way for her and her loved one. She is forced to judge if her lover will die at the hands of a tiger or marry another woman and never see her again, “She had lost him, but who should have him? How often, in her waking hours and in her dreams, had she started in wild terror, and covered her face with her hands?” (Stockton). If the princess just avoided conflict then she would have never had to make a decision such as this.

Anger swirls like a red tide within someone’s envious mind. The human’s breath becomes heavier, hands begin curling into fists, eyes grow darker and the upper lip curls, restraining the person from speaking. Blood fills the person’s head causing it to transform into a ripe, red tomato. Jealousy is not only human nature, but also one of the most common and unsettling emotions humans show. In “The Lady Or The Tiger?” by Frank Stockton, a princess is in love with a young man. However, the king discovers that she is in love and casts the young man into prison. The kingdom has never undergone a situation in which a man loves the king’s daughter. Therefore, the princess has an opportunity to either let her true love marry another woman or