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A Comparison Of One Thousand And One Nights

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One Thousand and One Nights or The Arabian Nights in the English translation, is a collection of texts and folktales compiled during the Arabic Islamic period in the Middle Eastern area. Most of the poems are single couplets or quatrains, although some are longer.Throughout the Arabian Nights the initial frame story is of the Sultan Shahryar 's wife Scheherazade telling him stories for a 1,001 night. This is not only for her survival, but for the safety of the other woman. Each tale has its own themes, but all of the stories have a moral. Scheherazade teaches the Sultan Shahryar how to be a better man, husband, and leader to their people.
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