Read these two sentences from "the lady, or the tiger.”

1. how her soul had burned in agony when she had seen him rush to meet that woman. .

2. and yet, that awful tiger, those shrieks, that blood!

what most likely is the author’s intended purpose in including the princess’s thoughts?

to convince the reader that the resolution is near
to entertain the reader with the main conflict
to inform the reader of the moral decision
to teach the reader the moral of the story