Plot
the characters and setting are introduced here
What is the exposition?
the tiger symbolizes this for a person
What is guilt?
the word that describes the king
What is semibarbaric?
Who are the king, princess, and young man?
the princess faces this type of conflict when she has to decide which door to select
What is internal conflict?
near Latin lands in a king's arena
What is setting?
the king was unhappy with this situation
What is the princess's relationship with a commoner?
the two emotions that drive this story
What is love and jealousy?
this is what happens after a person is accused of a crime
What is he chooses between two doors?
when the young man was in the arena, the princess gave this signal
What is she signaled the right door?
the princess and the young man falls in love, the young man is sent to the arena for a crime, the young man looks to the princess for help, and the princess finds out what is behind both doors take place in this part
What is rising action?
the princess despises this character in the story
Who is the lady?
the following quote supports this choice, "How often in her waking hours and in her dreams, had she started in wild horror, and covered her face with her hands as she thought of her lover opening the door on the other side of which waited the cruel fangs of the tiger!"
What is the lady?
the story is told from this point of view
What is third person omniscient?
why the people in the community support the king's method of administering justice
What is for entertainment?
this is unique about the falling action of the story
What is there is no falling action?
the kings justice system is determined by this?
What is fate, chance, or luck?
the following quote supports this choice, "and when she had seen them walk away together upon their path of flowers, followed by the tremendous shouts of the hilarious multitude, in which her one despairing shriek was lost and drowned."
What is the tiger?
Love, Choice, Fate, or Destiny
What is the theme?
the reason the king says the man will be punished no matter which door he picks
What is the man will have no relationship with the princess?
the princess tells the young man to open the door to the right
What is climax?
this is how the story ends
What is "...Which came out of the open door-the lady or the tiger?"
the following quote supports this choice, “It was one of the fairest and loveliest of the damsels of the court who had been selected as the reward of the accused youth, should he be proved innocent of the crime of aspiring to one so far above him and the princess hated her.”
What is the tiger?
the type of conflict that exists between the king and the man
the young man's actions in the arena indicate this about his relationship with the princess
What is he loves/trusts the princess?