The Princess Chose The Tiger Analysis
Another point that suggests the princess chose the tiger is by looking at how the princess feels about this dilemma. It has already been established in the story that the two were true lovers and would do anything to stay together. Furthermore, before the king caught them, “this love affair moved on happily for many months” (Stockton 2). So when analyzing the torture that the princess would feel if her lover was either devoured by the tiger or if her lover and the lady ended up marrying, it is easily concluded that the princess could not bear her lover and the lady together as “often had she seen, or imagined that she had seen, this [lady] throwing glances of admiration upon the person of her lover, and sometimes she thought these glances were