The Lady & the Tiger

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 the man she was in love with. And love, as we know, is strong…but, the desire to obtain is stronger, hence I feel that if the princess was presented with the decision to kill her lover and never have him to herself, or to let him live with someone she hated, and have him to herself, I think she would have gone with the death.

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