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The princess’s jealous and semi-barbaric nature make her dangerous. Though her role as a lover suggests that she is capable of benevolence, her menacing side is revealed in the moment she signals to the young man and the narrator divulges the details of her inner struggle. Unlike her father, the princess is not leaving the trial up to pure chance, nor will her own dilemma be solved by either outcome. She is in a no-win situation. However, the outcome of the trial is in her hands nonetheless. The narrator focuses on the princess’s jealousy to cause the reader to question: Will her jealousy cause her to choose death for her lover? It seems impossible that someone would do such a thing, but the princess is as barbaric as her father, and she may indeed send her lover to the tiger to quell her jealousy. The audience is not meant to know the outcome, but the princess’s envious heart is described in great detail to create uncertainty.

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