In "The lady, or The Tiger" there was a semi-barbaric king who built an arena for his justice system. In the arena was two doors the person on trail would have to choose one of the too. In one door there was a beautiful woman and in the other laid a ferocious tiger. If the man were to choose the tiger it was said that he was guilty and the man would die. If the man chose the door with the woman he would be married to the woman behind the door. The accused would have no information on which door either thing was in. In the story the king's daughter was madly in love with a man of a lower class. The barbaric king found out and immediately put the man a trial. The princess bribed a woman to figure out which was behind each door. On the trail day the princess casually motions her right hand and without second thoughts the accused man chooses the right door. The story ends for the reader to decided what happens to the accused man. To decide which the princess chose there is evidence that showed why she could of chosen either door. .
The princess could of chosen the door with the tiger because she wanted to be selfish and didn't want the woman in the other door to be married to her love. In the story the girl behind the door was "one of the farest and loveliest of the damsels of the court who had been selected as the reward of the accused youth; and the princess hated her". The princess would rather see her lover dead because she was a "semi-barbaric princess" like her father. The "intensity of the savage blood transmitted to her through long lines of wholly barbaric ancestors, she hated the woman who blushed and trembled behind that silent door". The princess could of chosen the door with the tiger because she was inhuman and she was very jealous of the woman behind the door.
The princess could have also chosen the door with the lady to sacrifice her love for the safety of her lover.