I believe that jealousy and love can make people commit to doing things that are unbelievable. In the short story,”The Lady or the Tiger”,by Frank Stockton, the princess lover is put into the arena, because apparently that loving each other is a crime. Inside the arena consist of two doors, which one contains a tiger and the other a lady. The man must choose one of the doors to open. Ultimately the life of the man is in the princess hand because she knows what is behind them.
However, I believe that their could be a third option for the kid; when he goes to choose a door, what actually is behind them is absolutely nothing. This is obviously done by the princess. The objective of having nothing behind those doors proves that that in their religion in believing supernatural powers, this might have provided a good explanation to the king and people, that this man was chosen to live. After seeing this idea, I think the king might give the man permission to marry the princess. There are a few reasons why I believe that behind the doors contain nothing. Throughout the story we learn that the love between the princess and the man is pretty strong. Stockton states,” She loved him with an ador that had enough of barbarism in it to make it exceedingly warm and strong”. We can also see that “love affair moved on happily for months”. After seeing this description of their passionate love we can say she would do anything for him.
Overall, the love between the two is too strong, that I believe she will do anything for him because after seeing both of the choices behind the door, she didn’t really have a good choice but to create a 3rd option for herself.
