Frank Stockton's Jealousy
Most people have experienced jealousy in their lives. Furthermore, most people have had to live with difficult choices they have made. In the short story, “The Lady or the Tiger” Frank Stockton tells the story of how jealousy and difficult choices lead a princess to condemn her lover to a terrible death. Due to the princess’s barbaric nature and fervid jealousy of the maiden, she directs her lover to the door that contains the tiger. First of all, the princess’s jealousy surfaces when the princess has seen the lady throwing glances at her lover, and her lover returned those glances (6). With this fact, Stockton shows that the princess had a right to be jealous because she had seen her lover return the lady’s glances. Since the lady who has
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To begin with, the princess has a strong love for the young man and could not bear the thought of seeing him ripped apart by the fangs of the tiger (7). With those words, Stockton implies that her ample love for the young man can lead her to put aside her own feelings to spare him from dying by the jaws of the tiger. The princess loves him so much that she cannot allow her courtier to be killed by a ferocious tier. Second, Stockton writes, “power of quick perception…given to those whose souls are one” to describe the depth of their love and the closeness of their relationship (6). They share a bond which not many young couples are capable of achieving and that fact influenced the princess to signal her lover towards the door of the lady. Since their souls are one, she cannot allow a piece of herself to be murdered by the tiger, she wanted him to be happy so that she could also be happy. The princess’s unbreakable love for the young man and their shared connection are factors that led her to direct him to the door that contains the lady. Jealousy is a feeling that most people have had at some point in their lives. Also, the majority of people have faced the need to make difficult choices, with which they have had to live with. Frank Stockton, in his story “The Lady or the Tiger”, tells how jealousy and a difficult choice
To begin with, the princess has a strong love for the young man and could not bear the thought of seeing him ripped apart by the fangs of the tiger (7). With those words, Stockton implies that her ample love for the young man can lead her to put aside her own feelings to spare him from dying by the jaws of the tiger. The princess loves him so much that she cannot allow her courtier to be killed by a ferocious tier. Second, Stockton writes, “power of quick perception…given to those whose souls are one” to describe the depth of their love and the closeness of their relationship (6). They share a bond which not many young couples are capable of achieving and that fact influenced the princess to signal her lover towards the door of the lady. Since their souls are one, she cannot allow a piece of herself to be murdered by the tiger, she wanted him to be happy so that she could also be happy. The princess’s unbreakable love for the young man and their shared connection are factors that led her to direct him to the door that contains the lady. Jealousy is a feeling that most people have had at some point in their lives. Also, the majority of people have faced the need to make difficult choices, with which they have had to live with. Frank Stockton, in his story “The Lady or the Tiger”, tells how jealousy and a difficult choice