Dillon Russo 5/6/10 Period 1 The Lady or the Tiger? Questions 1. In the kingdom described in the story‚ what happens after a person is accused of a crime? If you are accused of a crime‚ you are thrown into an arena with two doors. One door contained a lady‚ and the other had hungry tiger. If you were innocent they would somehow be drawn to the door with a lady in it‚ and if guilty then they were drawn to the door with the tiger and be eaten. 2. For what crime was the young
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Principles of Literary Criticism TERM PAPER The Lady or the Tiger by Frank R. Stockton (1834 – 1902) This paper addresses the Psychoanalytic Approach of Sigmund Freud. In particular‚ the paper talks about the different basic concepts of Freud like human nature‚ instincts‚ Theory of personality‚ mind’s structure and anxiety that affects a human behavior. These basic concepts will be a great help to uncover the psychological makeup or hidden motives of the character‚ specifically the semibarbaric
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The Lady‚ or the Tiger? In Frank Stockton’s The Lady‚ or the Tiger?‚ Stockton leaves it up to the reader to give the ending of his story. The young youth stood in the center of a larger arena and his faith was in the balances. Spectators rose steely on all sides awaiting his death. In front of him were two massive doors‚ behind one was a beautiful lady and the behind the other was a man-eating beast. The choice he made solely depended on a semi-barbaric princess‚ whose train of thought may have
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does not know and will not reveal the outcome. That seems unfair—he leaves his readers dangling—but that is his purpose from the beginning. The story is a tour de force‚ hinging on a gimmick. What is annoying is that the narrator seems to know the ending but will not tell it. However‚ the tale may be saved for the reader by the distance the author keeps from his material and the atmosphere of mystery that he maintains. He has heard the story‚ and it has amazed him with its mixture of the humane
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beauty . . . and frolicsome as the young fawn: Simile comparing the young lady to a fawn. * And in sooth some who beheld the portrait spoke of its resemblance in low words‚ as of a mighty marvel‚ and a proof not less of the power of the painter than of his deep love for her whom he depicted so surpassingly well: Irony‚ in that observers believe the painting testifies to the artist’s love for his wife. * the spirit of the lady again flickered up as the flame within the socket of the lamp: Simile
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however‚ the love they want to hold onto disappears‚ becomes selfishness‚ and one does not know if it is love anymore. In the short story "The Lady‚ or the Tiger?" written by Frank R. Stockton‚ a semi barbaric princess motions which door her lover‚ the accused man‚ must open to either receive punishment or a reward. The punishment is to be devoured by a fierce tiger and the reward is to be married to a lovely damsel of the court. This semi barbaric princess loves the man and chooses which door the man
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Then as he opened the door‚ out came the tiger. The man ran as fast as he could‚ meanwhile the princess briskly took her father’s bow and arrow‚ loaded it‚ pulled back‚ let go and… She shot the tiger. It fell down in distress and the sob was so horrible it made the princess cry a little. Her father stared at her. Her Lover stared at her‚ and the whole amphitheater stared at her. Everyone was utterly silent. The princess dropped the bow and arrow and ran out of the podium she and her father were
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The Lady or the Tiger In the ending of The Lady‚ or the Tiger‚ the author leaves it up to the readers to decide which came out of the door‚ the lady‚ or the tiger. I think the tiger came out of the door for 3 main reasons with evidence to back them up. First of all‚ the princess was described as jealous and barbaric throughout the entire story. Second of all‚ she hated the lady that her lover would have married with a burning passion‚ and lastly when it explains her thoughts about seeing the
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In the story of The Lady And The Tiger ‚there is a semi barbaric king that has no descriptive name. He ruled a kingdom of havoc yet beauty. In this kingdom there is also an arena‚ in this arena people were judged by chance. There are two doors that have one thing inside each door. One has a lady‚ and one has a tiger. If you chose the one with the lady in it you would get married on the spot despite your other wife‚ and would have to start a new life with new children. This is what I think the king
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hungry tiger but another is a beautiful lady. Which will you choose? In this kingdom their way of justice is to have people chose their own fate. They pick a door either to be devoured by a hungry tiger‚ or to be married to a beautiful lady. When the princess falls in love her father immediately sends her lover to court. In the short story “The Lady or the Tiger?” by Frank R. Stockton the princess’s weakness is how she has a barbaric background and has a lot of power. In The Lady or the Tiger? The
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