The Lady, or the Tiger? Group

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aqua23641
aqua23641
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High School - 9th Grade

Who were paid to wail if the unlucky door was picked?

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Posted by aqua23641 on Sunday May 31, 2009 at 5:04 PM and tagged with characters, or the tiger?, the lady.

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  1. scarletpimpernel Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

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    Stockton writes that if the "criminal" chooses the door with the hungry tiger,

    "doleful iron bells were clanged, great wails went up from the hired mourners posted on the outer rim of the arena, and the vast audience, with bowed heads and downcast hearts, wended slowly their homeward way, mourning greatly that one so young and fair, or so old and respected, should have merited so dire a fate."

    Because of the king's love for theatrics, the reader should infer that the king hires the mourners to cry loudly--all to add to the atmosphere--which for the king is entertainment, not justice at work.

     

     

     

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    Posted by scarletpimpernel on Friday June 26, 2009 at 6:26 PM