When all the people had assembled in the galleries, and the king, surrounded by his court, sat high up on his
throne of royal state on one side of the arena, he gave a
signal, a door beneath him opened, and the accused
subject stepped out into the amphitheater. Directly
opposite him, on the other side of the inclosed space,
were two doors, exactly alike and side by side. It was the
duty and the privilege of the person on trial to walk
directly to these doors and open one of them.
- "The Lady, or the Tiger?," Frank R. Stockton
If you were telling this passage from the point of view
of the accused, what descriptive language would help
show the experience?
the appearance of the king and the sound of his
court
the appearance of the accused and the sound of
the king's signal
the distance of the walk to the doors and the sound
of the excited crowd
the size of the king's court and the sound of the
tiger