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The Lady, or the Tiger by Frank R. Stockton In the very olden time there lived a semi-barbaric king, whose ideas, though somewhat polished and sharpened by the progressiveness of distant Latin neighbors, were still large, florid, and untrammeled, as became the half of him which was barbaric. He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts. He was greatly given to self-communing, and, when he and himself agreed upon anything, the thing was done. When every member of his domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its appointed course, his nature was bland and genial; but, whenever there was a little hitch, and some of his orbs got out of their orbits, he was blander and more genial still, for nothing pleased him so much as to make the crooked straight and crush down uneven places. Among the borrowed notions by which his barbarism had become semified was that of the public arena, in which, by exhibitions of manly and beastly valor, the minds of his subjects were refined and cultured. But even here the exuberant and barbaric fancy asserted itself. The arena of the king was built, not to give the people an opportunity of hearing the rhapsodies of dying gladiators, nor to enable them to view the inevitable conclusion of a conflict between religious opinions and hungry jaws, but for purposes far better adapted to widen and develop the mental energies of the people. This vast amphitheater, with its encircling galleries, its mysterious vaults, and its unseen passages, was an agent of poetic justice, in which crime was punished, or virtue rewarded, by the decrees of an impartial and incorruptible chance. hen a subject was accused of a crime of sufficient importance to interest the king, public notice was given that on an appointed day the fate of the accused person would be decided in the king's arena, a structure which well deserved its name, for, although its form and plan were borrowed from afar, its purpose emanated solely from the brain of this man, who, every barleycorn a king, knew no tradition to which he owed more allegiance than pleased his fancy, and who ingrafted on every adopted form of human thought and action the rich growth of his barbaric idealism.

Answer 1

In this excerpt from "The Lady, or the Tiger," Frank R. Stockton introduces us to a semi-barbaric king whose authoritarian reign is marked by a unique blend of civilization and primal instinct. The king's character is multifaceted; he is both genial and authoritarian, capable of good humor when affairs are in order, yet even more jovial when he has the opportunity to assert his control.

The king’s most notable innovation is his public arena, which serves as a dramatic and somewhat whimsical means of dispensing justice. Unlike traditional spectacles of violence, the arena is a place where fate and chance dictate outcomes, with the elements of poetic justice playing a central role. This reflects the king’s desire to cultivate the minds and morals of his subjects, despite the underlying barbarism that shapes his rule. The arena itself serves as a metaphor for the unpredictable nature of life and the arbitrary nature of justice, where the accused engages in a life-or-death gamble that captivates the public imagination.

Overall, Stockton sets the stage for a narrative that explores themes of choice, morality, and the intricacies of human emotion, particularly how love, jealousy, and fate intersect in the king's arena.

Answer 2

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