1. "The Lady, or the Tiger?" Frank Stockton (1834-1902)
A) Issues of the title:
question
riddle
no resolution—the outcome is left to the reader and his imagination. So. . .
WHAT HAPPENED?
B) Setting:
Set in the Past—WHY?
C) Character of the King
1) Semi-barbaric
2) Fancy into reality
3) The arena—poetic justice
4) Fair vs. Just
5) King’s Justice is based on Chance

2. D) Character of the Princess
Reflector of the King
E) Point of View
Omniscient—But
There is a lot that is withheld.
Shift to a Quasi-2nd person at the end, after the plot is over.
F) Conflict
Internal within the princess—
Despair vs. Jealousy

3. G) New Term:
Satire: A type of writing that ridicules (makes fun of) human weaknesses and social institutions in the hope of improving them.