Thanks to the four students who did a quick research about The Lady or the Tiger, I learned that the author first started telling stories to his younger siblings to put them to sleep. Afterwards, in High School, he discovered his passion for writing in a short story contest that he won.
He did not start writing stories professionnaly right away though. He was a wood worker, he would carve and decorate word decorations. It's only when he had had enough of his job, that he decided to write the stories we know of his now.
FS was a busy writer while the romantic period was in bloom in the United States.
Advice for the lover : I would believe the princess's suggestion because I believe that love conquers all. She would probably much rather see her lover with another woman than dead and never see him again.
Vocabulary:
1-will : determintation
2-valour: courage
3-poetic justice: Virtue is rewarded. Evil is punished.
4-wails: lamentation, cries
5-mourners: people grieving.
6-dire: terrible
7-fate: destiny
8-fair: pretty (my fair lady) or just
9-choristers: singers
10-maidens: young women
11-the apple of his eye: somebody important
12-unsurpassed: the best, unequalled
13-startling: surprising
14-damsels: beautiful ladies
15-glances: looks quickly
16-mazes: labyrinths
17-fangs: sharp teeth
18-gnash: grind
19-shriek: loud scream
20-anguished: tormented, tortured
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