What is a theme statement for "The Lady or the Tiger"?

A theme statement is a topic sentence for a paper (essay).
Depending upon what you, as the writer, wish to say about the text you are examining,
theme statements will be different from writer to writer (even when writing about the
same text).

Therefore, there are many different theme
statements one could use when discussing Frank Stockton's short story "The Lady or the
Tiger?"

Here are some different examples of theme
statements one could use (as a topic sentence of an essay/ paragraph) when examining the
text:

1. The main reasoning behind Frank Stockton's short
story "The Lady or the Tiger?" is examination of one's choices and recognition of
consequences.

2. Frank Stockton, in the short story "The
Lady or the Tiger?," examines the circumstances which surround
betrayal.

3. The concept of beauty is examined in regards
to importance in society in his short story "The Lady or the
Tiger?"