Lady
Tiger
Love is stronger than hate
She really loved him, so she would do what is best for him
If their souls are one, she wouldn’t send him to the tiger: “saw by that power of quick perception which is given to those whose souls are one” (3.5-4)
he doesn't hesitate when he goes to the door and he "understood her nature" (4)
The last thing said is “And yet, that awful tiger, those shrieks, that blood” (4.5) and last is the most important
she is semi-barbaric, not wholly barbaric. She can't follow through in the end.
“her soul at a white heat beneath the combined fires of despair and jealousy” (4) it's both
Jealousy is a stronger emotion than love in the barbaric
“Would it not be better for him to die at once and go to wait for her in the blessed regions of semi-barbaric futurity” (4.5)
like daughter like father: “had it not been for the moiety of barbarism in her nature” (3)
“How her soul burned in agony” (4)
“But how much oftener had seen him at the other door” (lady door) 4.5
“her soul at a white heat beneath the combined fires of despair and jealousy” (4)
“she had lost him, but who should have him” (4)
she was really jealous of the maiden standing behind the door "Often she had seen . . . this fair creature throwing glances of admiration upon the person of her love, and sometimes she thought these glances were . . . even returned." (3.5)
Introduction
In “The Lady or the Tiger?” Frank Stockton appears to leave the ending ambiguous. He never directly tells the reader whether the princess chooses the door hiding the lady or the tiger. The reader, however, can interpret the ending by evaluating the evidence. It is clear that she chose the ______ because . . .
Main Points
Point 1
Point 2
Point 3
Rebuttal
What part to you anticipate you need to argue against the most