When the guy in the story with the same name as my question opened the door, who or what was behind it? Why do you think so?
2007-03-17 13:26:33 · 5 answers · asked by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I'm going to have to mull this over.
Although I'm no princess, I'll have to do what she did.
I'll have an answer for you soon.
"Her decision had been indicated in an instant, but it had been made after days and nights of anguished deliberation."
It was their love (the princess and her lover of lowly status) that led to his fate of choice. Now it was also her punishment too, her fate of choice. I say she told him the door of the Lady, and that he went to that door, knowing he would accept whatever the Princess deemed her choice, even if she chose the Tiger.
Okay so I mulled it over some more. Maybe, just maybe this handsome dude figured out a way to have his 15 minutes of fame in this somewhat barbarian land. So handsome dude decides to make a play for the princess knowing full well that she will fall for him and they will get found out, and he will have to face the Lady or the Tiger. And he knows exactly whom they will pick as his Lady. He's an intelligent guy; he likes taking risks; he likes that he can lay (literally) claim on the Princess while 'double dipping' with the Lady. Even if he were to get the Tiger in the end (which he kind of thought his escapades with the Princess and the Lady were metaphorically: like getting the tigers in the end), he was really the one who got it all.
2007-03-17 18:21:26 · answer #1 · answered by doublewidemama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the Tiger came out. The princess was a very jealous woman and she was half barbaric. The author makes multiple references to the barbaric blood in her, which would lead you to believe that she led him to the tiger.
2007-03-17 21:15:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the Lady - but I think that the Princess wields enough power with her father that she gets him to change his mind about making the guy go through with the marriage. I like to think outside the box. Rules are meant to be broken. C.
2007-03-17 20:32:44 · answer #3 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was the tiger considering the times and the her barbaric
2007-03-17 20:33:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always been a eternal optimist. I teach my students that story and I always tell them to hope for the lady - always reach /believe in the possibility that love and goodness will triumph.
2007-03-17 20:30:05 · answer #5 · answered by smiksmak 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋