"The Lady, or the Tiger?"
Across
- 3. The person who knows the secrets behind the doors.
- 9. The tension or excitement felt about what will happen next.
- 10. "[The king] knew no tradition to which he owed more allegiance than pleased his _____."
- 11. Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
- 12. One who faces a judgment or trial.
- 13. What the king's method of justice relies on.
- 14. The type of conflict the princess feels between love and jealousy.
- 15. What the young man must choose between.
- 16. "...for nothing pleased him so much as to make the crooked _____ and crush down uneven places."
- 18. The type of government ruled by the king.
- 20. "...when she saw his start of rapturous delight as he opened the door of the _____."
- 22. The emotion driving the princess' decision.
- 23. The young man’s relationship to the princess.
- 24. "Every heart stopped beating, every breath was held, every eye was fixed immovably upon that _____."
Down
- 1. The consequence behind one of the doors.
- 2. Opposite of guilty.
- 4. A type of irony where the outcome is the opposite of what is expected.
- 5. Where the story's action mainly takes place.
- 6. A comparison without using 'like' or 'as'.
- 7. Synonym for king or monarch.
- 8. A potential fate for the young man, behind one of the doors.
- 10. "He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into _____."
- 12. Another term for fate in the story's context.
- 17. What the arena’s decision is said to be.
- 19. A hint or secret signal.
- 21. The number of doors the accused must choose between