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How would “The Lady, or the Tiger?” be different if it were told from the first-person point of view of one of the accused criminals who has to choose between doors? Check all that apply.
A) The reader would know what the character is thinking before opening the door.
B) The reader would know if the character based the choice on anything or just chose randomly.
C) The reader would know more about the king’s ideas of justice.
D) The reader would know less about how the arena looked.
E) The reader would know less about the king or the spectators’ opinion of what is happening.
Answer:
There are three correct options to this question:
A) The reader would know what the character is thinking before opening the door.
B) The reader would know if the character based the choice on anything or just chose randomly.
E) The reader would know less about the king or the spectators’ opinion of what is happening.
Explanation:
"The Lady, or the Tiger?" is a short story by American author and humorist Frank Richard Stockton. He tells readers of a semi-barbaric king who came up with what he considered to be the fairest of trials. The criminal had to choose one of two doors to open. If he opened the door behind which a tiger was hiding, he would immediately be judged guilty, and he'd be punished by the tiger. If he opened the door behind which a damsel was waiting, he would have to marry her on the spot, not matter if he was already married or loved someone else.
<u>If the story were told from the first-person point of view of one of the accused criminals, different types of information would be provided. We would have an insight concerning that person's thoughts and feelings. We would know what he is thinking right before opening the door, how he made his decision, what he based it on, if he truly wishes to open the door to the damsel, etc. We would have more information concerning the person whose point of view is the key to the story. However, that would give us less information concerning other characters. When a story is narrated from a first-person perspective, we only get to know what that narrator knows. He most likely wouldn't know the king and the spectators' opinions, so we would end up not knowing about them as well.</u>
