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Essay / The Princess and the Things - 900
The Arabian Nights is a collection of fictional stories from ages past. The book itself contains many variations of plots, scenes, story elements, and characters. Focusing on one of many, the aim of this thesis is to present a scene from The Talking Bird, The Singing Tree and Golden Water. The scene in question is that of Perizade, one of the three main characters, successfully gathering the three objects and saving all the men who attempted the task before him. This scene is a clear example of how women can compete with men and succeed in areas that men cannot. The writer's desired response was for the reader to be nervous about what would happen to Perizade – at least at first. It is clear that the woman would be in despair if she turned away from the objects. In addition to the above, some terms suggest that she was both nervous and determined. It is heavily implied that the harsh remarks do not affect her while she is on the path due to her extreme focus on the goal at hand. On the other hand, Talking Bird is portrayed from the beginning as a somewhat sympathetic character. Although he is locked in the cage, he is not indebted to anyone. He could act of his own will. The bird had no way of knowing whether the person approaching it was benevolent or malicious. He therefore reacts instinctively despite everything, as most creatures do when their freedom is threatened. The bird warms up to Perizade once she approaches and sees that she means him no harm. Before the discussion scene, an old woman arrives at Perizade's house while her brothers were not present. The old woman is impressed with the house, but she mentions that it is missing three items; the talking bird, the singing Tr... middle of paper ... all the siblings is an unexpected twist of things that works wonderfully. Although the story continues and comes to another happy conclusion, if the story had ended immediately after the scene shown here, it would have been a satisfying ending. It also demonstrates Perizade's complete determination to finally achieve her goal and that she was more than capable than the many men who had tried before her, if only because she had tried a new approach that no one else could. had thought again. Therefore, this scene was one of, if not the most important scene in the story. Many things before in the story lead up to the events of the scene and many things after depend on them. From there, this poses an interesting moral question: women being capable of as many things as men, why are they still often treated as inferiors of both sexes? ??