“The Lady, or the Tiger?” Picture Gallery
The semi-barbaric king felt that his form of punishment was a form of beautiful chance and justice. This picture depicts that tiger and the lady both as beautiful, harmless beings that are one with nature and the flowers. Just as these beings are natural and beautiful, so is the chance that the accused subject faces when entering the arena.
http://kstreetgallery.com/images/mem_lady_and_the_tiger.jpg
This is a picture that was used for a book cover in a modern-day edition of “The Lady, or the Tiger?” I think it is envisions the princess and her semi-barbaric ways. She is comparable to the beautiful bride and the fierce tiger, since she has the ability to be both enchanting and fatal simultaneaously.
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Covers/LadyTige.JPEG
This is another earlier version of a book cover the “The Lady, or the Tiger?”
http://www.alexwilson.com/telltale/images/covers/theladyorthetiger.jpg
Frank R. Stockton was a regal looking older gentleman. With his handlebar mustache and parted hair, he fit the part of a scholar and novelist.
http://www.mainlesson.com/authors/stockton.gif
The tiger is a much larger figure than the thing bride that stands between the doorway. I think this may show the odds that most people think the lover faces while having the princess in charge of his fate. The tiger is also lying on a chessboard with sharp vines around it. This may show the difficult decisions the princess had to make.