Friday, September 11, 2009

The Lady or the Tiger

4 Points:
- Frank Stockton had one leg shorter than the other.
-He has some of his stories in a book with Edgar Alan Poe
-He told his stories to his siblings to put them to sleep
-There is no conclusion to the story , the author leaves it to us to decide

A.Vocabulary

will : determinaton
valour : courage
poetic justice : an outcome where virtue is rewarded and vice punished, in an ironic way
wails : loud lamentations
mourners : people expressing grief or sorrow
dire : terrible

fate : destiny
fair : beautiful
choristers : singers in a choir
maidens : a young woman, maid
the apple of his eye : very important person

unsurpassed : unequalled
startling : suprising
damsels : maiden, lady
glances : looks
mazes : confusing passages
fangs : long pointy teeth
gnash : teeth grind
shriek : strident cry
anguished : pained


B. What advice would I give the lover? And why?
I would tell him to trust her, because although she is very jealous, I don't think she is quite barbaric enough to watch, listen and sit through her lover being ripped to shreds by a savage beast.

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