A Discussion Of Frank Stockton's The Lady Or The Tiger?

Series: Humanities Series (Ebec)

Duration: 11

Year Published: 1970

Creator: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA EDUC. (FILM

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Copyright: Registered 2Mar70 · MP20608 (Jul-Dec 1970) Copyright holder: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp

Description: Frank Stockton's short story is famous because it is unfinished. Clifton Fadiman discusses the reaction people had to it when first written in 1882. He then outlines the values the filmed story has in stimulating discussion of possible endings, ideas about human life, and about one's own manner of interpretation. Companion film in the same series is "The Lady or the Tiger" by Frank Stockton., Uses narration by Clifton Fadiman and scenes from The Lady or the Tiger? to illustrate and discuss certain aspects of Frank Stockton's short story. Points out that the story forces the reader to do three things: complete the story in his own mind, thus becoming a creator himself; question the meaning of guilt, revenge, pity, vanity, etc.; and learn something about himself, since the reader indicates his own tendencies toward barbaric or civilized behavior in his choice of ending. Elucidates on the background of the story, indicating that Stockton wrote five different endings and then rejected all. Frank Stockton's The Lady or the Tiger? also available.

Complete Record: Frank Stockton's short story is famous because it is unfinished. Clifton Fadiman discusses the reaction people had to it when first written in 1882. He then outlines the values the filmed story has in stimulating discussion of possible endings, ideas about human life, and about one's own manner of interpretation. Companion film in the same series is "The Lady or the Tiger" by Frank Stockton., Uses narration by Clifton Fadiman and scenes from The Lady or the Tiger? to illustrate and discuss certain aspects of Frank Stockton's short story. Points out that the story forces the reader to do three things: complete the story in his own mind, thus becoming a creator himself; question the meaning of guilt, revenge, pity, vanity, etc.; and learn something about himself, since the reader indicates his own tendencies toward barbaric or civilized behavior in his choice of ending. Elucidates on the background of the story, indicating that Stockton wrote five different endings and then rejected all. Frank Stockton's The Lady or the Tiger? also available.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.