The Lady, or the Tiger? | Characters
Courtier
The courtier is a young man whose love affair with the princess results in his imprisonment and trial. Though of lower birth than the princess, he is "handsome and brave to a degree unsurpassed in all this kingdom." He trusts absolutely in his power to charm the princess, and realizing that she knows what is behind each door, he opens the one she indicates "without the slightest hesitation."
King
The king is a "semi-barbaric" man with an implacable will. As part of the system of justice he has established in his land, the king sets up a system of...
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