The daughter of a barbaric king falls in love with a commoner. They have an affair and the king finds out. The king places the commoner in the middle of an arena with two doors to choose his fate. Behind door number one is a beautiful lady for him to marry. Behind door number two is a man eating tiger. the daughter finds out which door is which and indicates to her love which door to pick and he does.
So... Which came out of the door the lady or the tiger?
2007-02-07 05:10:04 · 3 answers · asked by The Don 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I love this story, because you, as the reader, get to decide. And your choice reflects your personality
2007-02-07 14:06:44 · answer #1 · answered by musicgirl31♫ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you could argue this either way.
If she indicates the room with lady, and the commoner picks it, this means that the commoner must marry and show attention to another woman. So if she is jealous or selfish and doesn't want anyone else to have him, she indicates the room with the tiger. he picks the tiger and gets eaten.
However, if she is altruistic and truly wants what is best in the long run for the commoner, she indicates the room with the lady, and he picks it, and at least he gets to live.
I think the first possibility has infinitely more interesting possibilities.
Also, who is to say that he picks the door that she indicates? (I know in the original story it says he does.) He can perform the same steps of logic as we did above. He would want to choose believing in a double positive - "she wants what's best for me, and showed the lady door, I will pick it" - or a double negative - "she is selfish and spoiled, and wants me to die; hence she showed me the tiger door, I will pick the other."
Of course, you also have the daughter who can look at the same logic and change her pick accordingly. So it all boils down to your opinion, and your analysis of these characters, their deviousness, and they selfishness.
Good luck!
2007-02-07 05:25:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on whether the daughter's love is real. If it is, the lady comes out because she wants him to live. If it is not, it is the tiger as she would be selfish and not want him to marry anyone else. As I assume she risked her father's anger to be with the commoner that her love is real, it must be the lady.
2007-02-07 05:18:13 · answer #3 · answered by Elizabeth Howard 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋