Describe the barbaric behaviour and way of justice of the king.
( the lady or the tiger ? )
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Explanation:
The question is related to the story of The Lady or the Tiger is written by Frank R. Stockton. It was published in 1882.
In the story, the King was cruel and in-just. The Justice system described in the story was faulty and based on illogical beliefs of fate playing its role in an individuals life. The barbaric King would let the prisoners choose between two doors regardless if an individual was guilty or not. Behind one of the doors was a tiger who would kill him/her and the other was a passageway to escape.
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The king was very powerful. Most of his ideas were obsolete and authoritarian. For justice he had peculiar ideas. He believed in luck or chance to dispense justice. He had an arena in which were two doors. The accused person’s justice was done in this arena. The accused person was put in the arena and he had to open one door. Behind one door crouched a fierce hungry tiger; and behind the other waited a beautiful damsel. If the accused opened the door behind which was tiger, he would be considered guilty; and if the accused opened the door behind which a beautiful maiden waited, he would be considered innocent. And the despotic king did not allow any interference with this method of giving justice.