Did the Tiger Come Out of the Same Door Each 'trial'?

2.Did the tiger come out of the same door each 'trial'?

If the tiger comes out of the same door in the ampitheatre each time, the element of chance is removed--the "justice" of the semibarbaric king--and the person on trial will know which one to pick in order to keep from dying. And, it is this element of chance that entertains the people who attend, as well.

Indeed,without this element of uncertainly, the main point of the story is lost. For, the author, Frank R. Stockton, creates suspense with his descriptions of the "semi-barbaric" princess whose controversial behavior earlier in the narrative creates an ambiguity regarding which door she points to for her lover. This lover, uncertain of which door holds the tiger and death, and which door holds the maiden and his future, must decide the motives of the princess who has demonstrated previously some jealousy of him. Finally, this uncertainly is left to the reader to resolve as the author ends the story abruptly.

3.Did the princess like the lady who had been chosen for her lover's 'trial'? Give reasons.

Often had she seen, or imagined that she had seen, this fair creature throwing glances of admiration upon the person of her lover, and sometimes she thought these glances were perceived, and even returned. Now and then she had seen them talking together; it was but for a moment or two, but much can be said in a brief space; it may have been on most unimportant topics, but how could she know that? The girl was lovely, but she had dared to raise her eyes to the loved one of the princess; and, with all the intensity of the savage blood transmitted to her through long lines of wholly barbaric ancestors, she hated the woman who blushed and trembled behind that silent door.

4.How did the princess indicate to her lover the door of her choice?

Her right arm lay on the cushioned parapet before her. She raised her hand, and made a slight, quick movement toward the right. No one but her lover saw her. Every eye but his was fixed on the man in the arena.

5.What had the princess seen in her dreams?

she started in wild horror, and covered her face with her hands as she thought of her lover opening the door on the other side of which waited the cruel fangs of the tiger!

But how much oftener had she seen him at the other door! How in her grievous reveries had she gnashed her teeth, and torn her hair, when she saw his start of rapturous delight as he opened the door of the lady! How her soul had burned in agony when she had seen him rush to meet that woman, with her flushing cheek and sparkling eye of triumph; when she had seen him lead her forth, his whole frame kindled with the joy of recovered life; when she had heard the glad shouts from the multitude, and the wild ringing of the

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