A stylistic analysis of “The lady or the tiger? “ (200606702 赵颖秋) 1.Abstract: This paper is going to make out a brief analysis on the text The lady or the tiger?. It is written by the American writer Frank Richard Stockton. A story happen before time about a handsome young men having done a crime for loving the daughter of a semi-barbaric king and he would be judged by the justic system created by the king whether he is innocent or not. The analysis
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Choose‚ the door with the lady or the door with the tiger? What’s good for oneself or what’s good for another? In “The Lady or the Tiger?” by Frank R. Stockton‚ a fictional story filled with characterization and interesting conflicts‚ the climax leaves many questions to think about. Conflict in “The Lady or the Tiger” shows what one can battle with their inner-self while making a tough decision. Decisions are already tough enough to make‚ but what if it depended on someone’s life‚ or the decision
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control a person. For example‚ people that manipulate others for their own personal gain typically are powered by their id‚ as it considers only it’s own long-term benefits‚ ignoring the outcome for anyone else. The princess in the short story‚ “The Lady or The Tiger” by Frank Stockton embodies the id specifically‚ with little portrayal of the ego or superego. The trials are a public event held in an arena with two identical doors‚ one holding a tiger‚ the other a lady. If the man on trial‚
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Generosity & Selfishness-----------------The lady and the tiger The story” The lady and The Tiger?” written by Frank Stockton mainly talk about a princess who falls in love with a low station man‚ but under the king’s barbaric control‚ the young man was considered a criminal. So the king gave the young man a chance to choose: the tiger or the lady. It also means dead or live with another woman. The story didn’t give us an exact ending. In my opinion‚ the story is combined with generosity and selfish
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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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flows from three main sources: desire‚ emotion and knowledge“ (Plato). In “The Lady or The Tiger” by Frank Stockton‚ a princess must choose the fate of her lover. This short story shows emotions and morale can influence one’s actions. The author shows this through the princess’ quandary over saving or killing him. In the story‚ the author proves emotion and morale can influence your actions through the princess’ indecision. First‚ the author describes how the princess feared the tiger eating her
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In the short story “The Lady or the Tiger” a man has been caught by the king committing the crime of dating his daughter and is sent to trial. The princess is then faced with a troublesome decision at his trial; to either let her lover be eaten by a voracious tiger or to marry another woman. The author then lets the story off with a cliffhanger and does not let you read what the princess chose‚ so that is up to the reader. I am here to express my opinion on that topic. In my opinion‚ I am lead to
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In the short story “The Lady‚ or the Tiger” written by Frank R. Stockton‚ the semi-barbaric princess’s lover is put on trial for daring to love her. The king’s way to find out if someone is guilty or not is to make them choose between two doors. One door has a tiger that will immediately kill the person being put on trial. The other door has a beautiful lady behind it‚ which the man would be instantly married to. This form of judgment was the king’s twisted way of justice and entertainment. When
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In the story‚ "The Lady or the tiger" By Frank B. Stockton‚ there was semi-barbaric king that ran a controlling kingdom under his power. From his Latin neighbors‚ he used the idea to build a public arena for his own purposes. He decided to use the arena as a barbaric trials‚ where the accused would have to decide pick their fate between two doors. One door lead to punishment‚ death by tiger. And the other door led to a lady where the accused would have to marry her‚ with no option not too. The king
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Period 4 3-3-12 Class number 14 The Lady or the Tiger By: Frank Stockton This story leaves the reader filled with curiosity. The author doesn’t make the conclusion‚ or ending‚ very clear‚ and instead‚ leaves the reader to decide how they perceive‚ or want the story to end. “And so I leave it with all of you! Which came out of the opened door-the lady‚ or the tiger?”(page ) If I had to make a prediction to guess the result‚ I would think it was the tiger that came out by the clues/hints throughout
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