Question

In the very olden time there lived a semi-barbaric king,
whose ideas, though somewhat polished and sharpened
by the progressiveness of distant Latin neighbors, were
still large, florid, and untrammeled, as became the half of
him which was barbaric.
— "The Lady, or the Tiger?," Frank R. Stockton
Why does Stockton use an “olden time" setting instead
of a modern one?
It allows him to use big words and fancy language.
It is more likely that a king would be cruel in an old
setting
There can't be characters who are kings and
princesses today
A king from the past is more likely to make goods
decisions than a king today.

Answer 1

Answer:

It is more likely that a king would be cruel in an old  setting

Explanation:

In the passage from "The Lady, or the Tiger?" the author Frank R. Stockton sets the story in "the olden time" because it is not to be expected to conceive such a barbaric king in modern times. Thus, the king's cruel and savagely brutal method of deciding at random whether the prince will be killed by a tiger or live to marry another woman rather than his daughter, is not likely to be found in contemporary times. As a result, the further in time, the atrocity of the king is more distant in regard.

Answer 2

Stockton used an “olden time" setting instead of a modern one because option B: It is more likely that a king would be cruel in an old setting. The author wanted to present a time where the king’s barbaric actions could have happened.

More details about the answer are given below:

• The author wanted to show that the king had very brutal methods for deciding the fate of a man. This could never be found in the modern world.

• There cannot be such a bad king in the modern times and such atrocity cannot be true in present times.

Therefore, he used the phrase ‘olden time’ to show that it is more likely that a king would be cruel in an old setting.

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