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Response Paper: The Lady, or the Tiger

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THE LADY OR THE TIGER?
The Lady or the tiger is a story that creates a dilemma what to choose or what not to. It depicts
the internal feelings of human beings on the basis of which decisions are made which either
positive or negative. The author wants us to make the decision about the fate of that young lover
who was guilty for loving the princess. For not providing any clue about the story’s end, he let
reader wonder about what will be his/her decision if he/she be their in place of princess.
The story tells us that princess loves the young man of her fathers court. Young mans’ fate will
be decided on making choice between the two doors, as one door has a savage tiger behind it
(who will kill him if selected) and the other hides a beautiful maiden, to which young man will
marry at the spot if her door is selected. Now the princess has full knowledge of which door
contains life and which contains death for her lover and his fate is in princess’s hands whether
she will let him die or let her love go in the hands of other woman.
If she make that posture that signals to select a door hiding the tiger (declaring him
guilty), this means she don’t want him to be with other woman and marrying her in front of her
eyes. Story tells us that the princess was quite jealous of that lady and it will be very painful for
her to see her with that lady. "How her soul had burned in agony when she had seen him rush to
meet that woman, with her flushing cheek and sparkling eye of triumph; ……….when she had
seen the priest, with his joyous followers, advance to the couple, and make them man and wife
before her very eyes;” This shows that princess is in conflicting situation of fear and jealousy and
their influence on princess will let her to sacrifice her love (showing the young man to choose
door of tiger). It than shows also that princess gives importance to her personal interests more
than anything for which she can sacrifice anybody (even her lover). As princess belongs to semi-
barbarian family, for whom sacrifices or killing others are normal things as punishments or

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THE LADY OR THE TIGER? The Lady or the tiger is a story that creates a dilemma what to choose or what not to. It depicts the internal feelings of human beings on the basis of which decisions are made which either positive or negative. The author wants us to make the decision about the fate of that young lover who was guilty for loving the princess. For not providing any clue about the story's end, he let reader wonder about what will be his/her decision if he/she be their in place of princess. The story tells us that princess loves the young man of her father's court. Young mans' fate will ...
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