...In the short story, “the Lady or the Tiger,” the author uses plot structure to develop the unique writing style. For instance, the author does not use a traditional plot structure. The author creates his unique writing by ending the story right after the climax. In “The Lady or the Tiger” the author writes, “Without the slightest hesitation, he went to the door on the right, and opened it,” (9). At this point, it is the climax of the story, and the author does not continue on such as a normal story would. In a normal story there would be an exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and a resolution. “The Lady or the Tiger” contains the first three, but not a falling action or resolution. Similarly, the author does include a resolution....
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...Open-Ended Controversy in “The Lady or the Tiger” “The decisions of this tribunal were not only fair, they were positively determinate: the accused person was instantly punished if he found himself guilty, and, if innocent, he was rewarded on the spot, whether he liked it or not. There was no escape from the judgments of the king's arena” (Stockton 3). In Frank Stockton’s short story “The Lady or the Tiger,” the door opened by the man anxiously awaiting his fate holds the tiger, as guided by the princess. The “hot-blooded, semi-barbaric princess” who directs the destiny of the man by a hand signal, was raised to have a “fervent and imperious soul” (Stockton 3). Since the princess knows that the only other option, besides death, for the man she was in love with is to watch her beloved marry a woman she feels an extreme hatred for, it is clear to see the princess choses the fate of the man to be sadistically eaten by a tiger. The princess from “The Lady or the Tiger” by Frank Stockton has an “intensity of the savage blood transmitted to her through long lines of wholly barbaric ancestors” (Stockton 4) that causes her to chose death for the fate of the man over marriage of another young woman. The second option, to watch her true love marry a woman who she despised, was unreasonable and not chosen, because “the thought of her love marrying someone else weighed on her barbaric mind more heavily than the thought of her love being torn to shreds by a tiger” (Reed). With either decision...
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...The Lady Or The Tiger? By: Frank Stockton In the very olden time there lived a semi-barbaric king, whose ideas, though somewhat polished and sharpened by the progressiveness of distant Latin neighbors, were still large, florid, and untrammeled, as became the half of him which was barbaric. He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts. He was greatly given to self-communing, and, when he and himself agreed upon anything, the thing was done. When every member of his domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its appointed course, his nature was bland and genial; but, whenever there was a little hitch, and some of his orbs got out of their orbits, he was blander and more genial still, for nothing pleased him so much as to make the crooked straight and crush down uneven places. Among the borrowed notions by which his barbarism had become semified was that of the public arena, in which, by exhibitions of manly and beastly valor, the minds of his subjects were refined and cultured. But even here the exuberant and barbaric fancy asserted itself. The arena of the king was built, not to give the people an opportunity of hearing the rhapsodies of dying gladiators, nor to enable them to view the inevitable conclusion of a conflict between religious opinions and hungry jaws, but for purposes far better adapted to widen and develop the mental energies of the people. This vast...
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...The Lady or the Tiger? The lover of the princess was brought into the arena, facing the twin doors. He turned, as custom was, and bowed to the king. The young man’s eyes were fixed upon the princess, as she was wearing a beautiful veil that partially covered her face. The princess wore the veil to hide her true emotions from the public, as well as from her lover, as she sat quietly to the right of the king high up in the stadium. The princess could sense her lover’s eyes upon her, yet she could not bear to look into her true loves’ eyes. Her thoughts consumed by the ominous doors, and what lie behind them. “The lady or the tiger?” the princess struggled in her heart for days and so many nights the princess would lie awake, contemplating and agonizing over the fate of her lover. Every time she closed her eyes she could picture her lover being ripped apart by a tiger, or being married to another woman, a thought almost equally as heart wrenching as death by a tiger. What shall I do? The Princess’s determination to save her love motivated her to take action, and pay gold, to find out which door the tiger was behind. The princess collected her thoughts, and gazed back into the eyes of her true love. As their eyes locked, he could see the many emotions stirring in her eyes. Upon realizing this the young man felt dreadful, for he truly loved the princess, and she was the only woman for him. Guilt entered his heart, and he knew what he had to do. The princess knew that his quick...
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...Once there lived a semi barbaric king who possessed irresistible power over his kingdom. The king had a very strange method of trying a person accused for a crime. He used to place the suspects in an arena and forced them to open one of the two identical doors in that arena. Behind one door was a beautiful lady whereas behind the other door was a man-eating tiger. If the offender picks the door with the woman, he is declared innocent and gets to marry the woman. But, if the offender picked the door with the tiger, he is declared guilty and gets devoured by the tiger. The king had a beautiful daughter whom he loved a lot. The princess had a secret love affair with one of the king’s courtiers. When the king came to know about their affair he became furious and sentenced the courtier for a trial in the arena. The princess, using her power and wealth, found out which door concealed the lady and which the tiger. Moreover, she also discovered who the lady behind the door was. She was a lady whom the princess hated for she previously attempted to steal the princess love away from her. The day of the courtier’s trial arrived. The young man looked at the princess expecting her to know which door hid what fate. The princess with a movement of her hand pointed towards right and without second thought the young courtier opened the right-hand door. The author keeps it a mystery what came out of that door and left it to the reader to choose what did the princess chose for her love. Life...
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...The lady or the Tiger Ending plan As the lady came out of the door the princess felt a strange anger in her heart like she had to stop the wedding before it happened. Honey, are you ok because you’re acting weird.” asked the king “Nono i’m fine just a little sick.” said the princess. The princess knew what she had to do she silently sneaked of the stage, out of the arena, and into the house of the lady. when the wedding stopped the man and the lady went to the house they saw it was on fire. The princess quickly ran to the kingdom. The king got there before the princess did and she quickly ran to the door before it closed. When the lady and the man got to the house they were mad. ¨What happend to my house!¨yelled...
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...The story the lady or the tiger. Is a tale that leaves you guessing and wondering. It’s about a king and how his daughter got caught loving a common blood. Then sentenced to a weird trial normal at the time though. The trial there is the accused man steps in front of two doors behind one is a tiger waiting to kill him and behind the other door is a lady waiting to marry him. The king believed that you’d pick the tiger if guilty and if innocent you’d pick the lady. This tale is written by frank r. Stockton and is called the lady or the tiger. I am trying to prove the princess told him the door that had the tiger. “The king’s daughter had a soul as fervent imperious as his own”, the author states on (page 14). She was semi barbaric she loved to see a trail when the accused man was guilty. This means seeing someone slottered didn’t bother her she actually liked to see that happen. Had it not been for her moiety of barbarism in her nature its probable that the lady would not have been there; but her intense fervid souls would not allow her to be absent on such an occasion in which she was so terribly interested. She wasn’t going to miss a chance to watch the trial shed day dreamed over, gnashed her teeth over, and pulled her hair over. She wanted to see him proven guilty....
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...story The Lady or The Tiger is written by Frank Stockton. It a tale of a princess who decides the fate of her lover. The father of the girl is a king who is called Semi Barbaric by the author because his style of punishment is rather very unique. He is a man of reasons, but he is tough on crimes and no accuser goes without a trial in his kingdom. His method of sending criminals to the trial is half barbaric and half rewarding. The accused is either eaten by a tiger or he goes home happy married to a beautiful woman. The accuser is given a choice of opening one of the two doors in the arena. One door has a hungry tiger behind it and the other door has a beautiful woman. The fate of the accuser entirely depends on which door he chooses...
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...The lady or the tiger! He chooses the door with the….. there was no one, or nothing in the room. He was very scared to see if he was getting to be eaten or married. The man was relieved. He looked around there was no one in there. The man finally went into the room. “ Boom.” The door shut right there and he was locked in. He just sits waiting and waiting for someone to save him. It was very dark in there and he did not have anything to light his way. “Roar!” The man jumped. He had heard the tiger roar, but it was not a mean roar, it was like the tiger was crying. All the people try to open it. Through all the struggles it was no use, it just would not open. The king had a smile on his face, he opened the door with the huge button right in front of him. “Really that’s all it took was a button why didn’t you do that a long time ago”, one of the people yelled, then they started to run. he had got sent to the dungan. The door...
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...“Lady or the Tiger” Alternate Ending (Please type your alternate ending in this document. Your ending is expected to be 1 page typed at no larger than 12 pt font. You’ll be graded on organization and producing text (creativity, believability, and relevant details) I look forward to reading your ending =) please delete these instructions before you complete your final copy.) POINT I think he will chose the tiger because she is already married to the man and might have kids. I would not leave my wife and kids if there were a queen that wanted me to marry her. So that is why I would choose the tiger I would want him to be alive he could just turn it down and not marry her or he can marry her and nothing turns out good. STORY...
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...Lady or the Tiger A man in the crowd And out came the tiger, the crowd was at shock. Everyone knew that the man would die. It was near impossible to defeat the tiger, no, it WAS impossible, I thought. The only possible way to defeat the tiger was to twist its thick neck, once again, impossible! I said inside of my head, “This young man won’t make it.” The man was offered no weapon. There was no way to kill off the tiger, I kept thinking. I heard the princess cry out in sobs, that the man that she had loved was going to die. I prayed for the man to survive. The princess At the time of which the man I loved so much commanded to open the door on the right, of which I have told him to open, I was extremely depressed that the door he chose was...
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...“Lady or the Tiger” Alternate Ending Grrrrr, the tiger emerged from the door with his sharp teeth, orange hair, and hungry look on his fierce face. “Help me, please,” said the man!!! The king and everyone in the crowd stood up and clapped. The princess had a red face tears coming down her face, her eyes were bulging out with tears. “Oh how could I lead him to that door,” said the princess trembling in tears. “Since he died, the lady must do as well,hahaha.”said the princess with a thought on her face. “So at 11:55 a.m I will kill the lady myself or hire an assassin,” said the princess. “I’ll hire an assassin,” said the princess....
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...“Lady or the Tiger” Alternate Ending (Please type your alternate ending in this document. Your ending is expected to be 1 page typed at no larger than 12 pt font. You’ll be graded on organization and producing text (creativity, believability, and relevant details) I look forward to reading your ending =) please delete these instructions before you complete your final copy.) The foot boy picked the door with tiger and as soon the foot boy looked at tiger the tiger stopped and started walking up to the foot boy and purred and started licking the foot boy. So they came door and the tiger started growling at the people and pushing the boy behind him. “STOP!!” He screened to the people. “He needs to get used to everyone.” “GET AWAY FROM...
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...After the princess was hoping the man didn’t pick the lady or the tiger. If the man opened the door with the lady in it, she would be in pain, as she said her soul would be unrested and trapped. But the man picked the door with the tiger in it, the consequences are devastating to the princess and surprised to the crowd with silence. The princess would be shocked, frozen for a few seconds looking at her lover, getting killed from a tiger. She couldn’t believe her eyes what they’re seeing, believing it is all a dream. She rushes out of the stands, going to find water, she splashes her face until it isn’t a dream. No one dared to love the king’s daughter which is why she grieved the man after his death for being brave. After many months, no man...
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...“Lady or the Tiger” Alternate Ending (Please type your alternate ending in this document. Your ending is expected to be 1 page typed at no larger than 12 pt font. You’ll be graded on organization and producing text (creativity, believability, and relevant details) I look forward to reading your ending =) please delete these instructions before you complete your final copy.) The day had come which door would he choose. Then final he makes up his mind and opens the right door and out come the… Lady. Once they got married the princess set a letter to her boyfriend and it said, “ Do you still want want to murder her?” 10 days later the boy responds with, “ YES” That night the guy acted like he was going to take her somewhere to...
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