The princess sent her lover to the door with the tiger. This can be inferred since the princess was described to have “barbarism in her nature….her intense and fervid soul…” (Stockton 2). Since the princess would have been jealous if her husband got to marry the lady, the princess would have told him to choose the door with the tiger. Furthermore, the princess is described to be similar to her father. At the beginning of the story, it is also mentioned how her father always gets his own way. “When [the king] and himself agreed upon anything, it would be done” (Stockton 1). This shows that the princess, who is like her father, may not have cared about the fate of her husband; she may have only cared for herself. The princess may have felt that