Tales from Arabian Nights The Arabian Nights tales started out from a king’s history. The king distrusted women and thought that all women are unfaithful and bitter, so the king marries a virgin and after one night has the woman executed. However, one of the virgins was bright enough that on the first day she started to tell a story, which will be the tales in the Arabian Nights, to the king. Instead of finishing the story, the virgin left it unfinished therefore the king postponed the execution to hear the ending of the story. The next night, the virgin finished the story, but she then started another one but also left it unfinished again. This lead the king to postpone the execution once again. This pattern went on for one thousand and one nights, and that is how the virgin was able to keep herself alive. The tales from Arabian Nights gives …show more content…
The men in the Islamic societies are responsible for taking care of the family’s needs such as getting food while the women take care of the house and prepare the food. For example, in “The Story of the Fisherman” the fisherman goes out every day to fish. (Lane et al., The Fisherman) In return, his family will have the opportunity to eat fish, and he would also be able to sell the fish and use the gain to his advantage. Trading is a very important concept in the Islamic society. Merchants trade throughout the surroundings countries. (Lane et al., Merchant and the Jinni) There are many different things that the society traded. For example, the trading of brass in the copper market. (Lane et al., The Fisherman) Gold in the society is used as the currency, and things with the seal of Lord Suleyman is considered valuable. In the society, iron is not considered valuable, and it is dreaded to receive iron. (Lane et al., The Fisherman) This shows how the Islamic society’s trading system and valuable vary greatly with other