In the story, the princess watches the man she loves pick between the door with the tiger and the one with the lady. She knows which door holds the tiger, and she needs to choose whether to send the man to the tiger or the lady. How often, in her waking hours and in her dreams, had she started in wild horror, and covered her face with her hands as she thought of her lover opening the door on the other side of which waited the cruel fangs of the tiger! But how much oftener had she seen him at the other door! How in her grievous reveries had she gnashed her teeth, and torn her hair, when she saw his start of rapturous delight as he opened the door of the lady! —"The Lady, or the Tiger?," Frank R. Stockton What is the purpose for using descriptive language in this passage? It helps the reader understand the relationship between the man and the princess It makes the princess’s decision seem more difficult. It helps the reader picture the arena and what happens there. It shows the princess hasn’t thought about her options before making her decision.