Was it the Lady or The Tiger that came out of the Door?
             After reading the short story "The Lady, or The Tiger" written by Frank Richard Stockton, the realization comes that the author left the end of the story for the reader to determine whether it was the lady or the tiger who came out of the opened door. The princess directed the young man toward the lady because of the sincere love that she had toward him. Due to the intense emotion that she had for him, the princess would not have wanted him killed or severely hurt by the tiger. The princess resented her father for punishing the young man just because he fell in love with her. For this reason, the princess would have chosen the lady to come out of the door because her father wanted him eliminated. The courtiers have never before seen a case where any subject other than a member of royalty had dared to love the daughter of a king, due to the strict royal rules imposed by the king.
             Others may believe that the tiger came out of the door because of the princess's love that surpassed her jealousy and anguish. Another idea would be that the princess would not have wanted her lover to be with anyone else because of the semi-barbarism that she had within herself. Although, when taking everything into consideration, and realizing that she was a very kind person to everyone she encountered, one would know out of the kindness of her heart that she could never watch anyone intentionally get viciously hurt by the tiger.
             When her father, the king, found out about the existence of the love affair between the princess and the young man, he immediately put the young man in prison, and a day was selected for his trial of punishment. The king hated the thought of having anyone who was not a member of a royal family love his daughter. The author stated that the young man, "had loved the princess, and neither he, she, nor anyone else thought of denying the fact: b...