The end of “The Lady, or the Tiger?” is about the princess’s decision: whether to send her lover to the lady or to the tiger. Bu
t doesn’t the lover, too, have a decision to make? With a movement of her hand, the princess has told him to open the door on the right. This leads us to the final question. Remember, the lover knows that the princess knows which door hides the lady, and which door hides the tiger. How well does the lover know the princess? Will he open the door she has chosen? Or, believing it hides the tiger, will he open the other one? Why, finally, did he open the door on the right?
