Frank R Stockton is the author of the short story – The Lady or the Tiger
The story is about a semi-barbaric king who has a strange idea of justice.
He believes in public trials held in a special arena to entertain the people.
The king has a beautiful daughter whom he loves very much.
The princess falls in love with a young man who works in the king’s court.
The young man is an ordinary person, and the king does not approve of the relationship.
When the king learns about their love, he becomes very angry.
He decides to punish the young man using his system of justice.
The lover is asked to choose between two doors in the arena.
Behind one door is a lady whom he must marry, and behind the other is a tiger that will kill him.
The princess knows what is behind each door.
She must decide which door to point to.
The story ends without telling us her choice, leaving readers to decide the ending.
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