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RESPONSE The Lady & the Tiger

When the story "The Lady or the Tiger" ended, I was left sitting, trying to figure out what happened, what came out of the door he opened, and what I would have done in that same situation. And then, when asked to write a response to this, I was forced to think even more, because now, not only did I have to figure it out, I had to put it in words and submit it to my English teacher.

I think that the princess probably would have let her lover die. One soul or not, I don't think she wanted anyone else to have him if she couldn't have him for herself. Also, I say this because the princess loathed and despised the woman behind one of the doors, the woman who, if selected, would marry

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