The Lady or the Tiger? Reflections & Analysis
Explore a thought-provoking journal prompt about tough decisions, discuss conflicts in "The Lady or the Tiger?", analyze character traits, and delve into thesis writing practice and more from this engaging literary work.
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The Lady or the Tiger?
Journal Entry Reflect on a time when you had to make a tough decision What were your options? What did you end up doing? How did it turn out? 2
Journal sharing Share a brief explanation of your decision with your new shoulder partner Shoulder partner take notes! You will have to tell the rest of your pod about your partner s conflict and their decision. 3
Answer the following questions with your shoulder partner. Write your answers in your notes and activities section of your notebook. 1. Take a look at page 46 of the story. Write a brief (~3 sentences) description of the king s trial system. What happens in the arena to those who have been accused of a crime? 2. How is the statement, This was the king s semibarbaric method of administering justice. Its perfect fairness is obvious (47) an example of irony? Is this system fair? 3. Shortly after this statement, the narrator says that this institution was a very popular one (47). What does this mean? What does it reveal about human nature? 4. Reread the column on the right of page 48. Create a list of traits you can use to characterize the princess. Paraphrase details from the text to support your claims. 5. How can you describe the princess and the young man s relationship according to page 49? 4
Conflict identification There are many conflicts in the story. With your face partner, identify the following: 1. The young man s internal conflict 2. The young man s external conflict 3. The princess s internal conflict (reference page 49) 4. Why is the princess s internal conflict so important to the story? 5
Thesis writing practice Using the T+A+What+Why/How formula, answer the following questions in your notebooks: Why is the princess described as semibarbaric rather than barbaric or civilized? In what ways does her semibarbaric nature make her decision more difficult? What choice do you think she made? 6
Exit slip: thesis writing Write a thesis statement using our formula as if you were going to answer the following question. You will turn this in! Put your name on it. Why does the author make the narrator of this story directly address the reader at the end. What is the effect of this technique on the reader? (What does it make the reader do and why?) Homework: 1. Read The Cask of Amontillado on p. 87 2. Define vocab words for Cask in vocab section 3. Read IRB! 7
