“The Lady or the Tiger - Shelby County Schools



“The Lady or the Tiger?” – Discussion questions

Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Be sure to proofread your answers and be prepared to share.

1. What is the setting of the story?

2. Describe what the king is like.

3. What is unique about the king’s arena?

4. What are behind the two doors?

5. How is the king’s system of justice different from most other forms? Why do you think he uses this system?

6. What would happen immediately after if a person chooses the door with the maiden behind it?

7. Why do you think this is a popular form of entertainment?

8. Why is the young man cast into prison and appointed for trial in the king’s arena?

9. Why do you think the king does not approve of the young man’s love for the princess?

10. How does the crowd respond when the young man walks into the arena?

11. What is unique about the maiden behind the door? How does this create an internal conflict for the princess?

12. Why does the princess hate the maiden?

13. How does the young man know that the princess knows what is behind each door?

14. What is ambiguity? What is ambiguous in The Lady, or the Tiger?

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