“The Lady, or the Tiger,” is a short story by Frank R. Stockton about a king who determines if people are guilty by having them open one of two doors. One has a beautiful maiden that the man needs to marry, and the other has a tiger ready to kill the man. However, in this scene, the man that is presented with the two doors is the lover of the princess. The princess tells him to choose the right door. The readers are left to decide which door he chooses. If I were the princess, I would hope he picks the door with the tiger.
It may seem like a terrible decision, but there is one main reason why I think this is the best choice. To start, if the man were to marry the maiden, the princess would never forgive him as she loves him. The princess would most likely be happier knowing that the man died loving her rather than live loving another girl.
This is hard to write about…