Frank Stockton's story "The Lady or the Tiger" is a story that features several mixed emotions and/or feelings throughout the entire story. The king's daughter is a young and very beautiful woman who must respect certain protocols. One of the principles is that it would be atrocious to see a man go behind his father's back and the result would most likely be fallacious. She did not consider the consequences of her actions and decided that she would go against her will. The king eventually discovers this secret affair and forces them to break off their relationship. He sends his lover to the arena to divine his fate. The king's choice of punishment places tension on both his daughter and her lover. In “The Lady or the Tiger,” the king's daughter struggles with her judicious attempt at love and happiness. The king's daughter finds love, even though she knows her father won't approve. The couple has been together for many months and their relationship was thriving wonderfully, until the king discovered their existence. She loved this young man very much and very much wanted to be with him. The king noticed how much they loved each other, but did not bother to let the man explain himself, when he concluded that he should be sent to the arena. He was so angry and set out to punish his lover that he didn't take his daughter's feelings into consideration. The king's objection to the relationship between his daughter and her lover translates into two different alternatives given to the lover for the consequences of his actions: If he opened that one a hungry tiger would come out, the most ferocious and cruel one possible procure, who immediately pounced on him and tore him to... middle of paper...rld today, except that the punishments would be a little different. The princess had better let him live and marry this woman, so that she can still see him. Despite the fact that he will be married to the young girl, this does not suggest that he will fall in love with her. The young lover may still have feelings for the princess but there is nothing he can do about it. I believe that if you are meant to be together, somehow fate will bring you both together later in life when it is meant to happen. Maybe if the lover tried to talk to the king and make things right and show how much he loves the princess and that he is the right one for her, it will give the young lover another chance to prove himself. Overall I think this is a great story and it made me want to keep reading until the end, which didn't end the way I thought it would..