Reading Notes: Arabian Nights, Part A


"One Thousand Nights." Wikimedia.
Scheherazade is the new wife of the Sultan. She volunteered to marry the Sultan, even though she knows the Sultan murders every woman the day after he marries her. But, Scheherazade has a plan to save her life, and she thinks she can prevent any other women from being sacrificed. 

The way to spare her life is by telling the Sultan many never-ending stories. Her stories go on for many nights with the permission of the Sultan. Scheherazade tells stories within stories, and her continuous stories distract the Sultan from executing her. Scheherazade's storying telling is all that is keeping her alive.


 Story Bibliography: Lang, Andrew. The Arabian Nights' Entertainments: Scheherazade.

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