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A 3 page paper which offers a critique of Naguib Mahfouz’ Arabian Nights and Days. No additional sources cited.
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The classic story of Arabian Nights involves the hopefully "happily ever after" concerning Shahrzad who succeeded in keeping herself alive with the sultan by telling him tales. This story offers
the reader a more satirical and modern outlook on what happens after a classic story is over. The following paper examines the fairy tale elements exposed. Mahfouz Arabian
Nights and Days As mentioned, there is the classic, and timeless, character of Shahrzad. In the original she is presumed to have survived and lived happily ever after. But, in
this book this princess of sorts is fearful. The sultan has essentially agreed to not shed blood as he was accustomed to if she is his wife. She, however, seems
to utterly detest and distrust him, but will abide by the laws she laid down for herself. She states, "Whenever he approaches me I breathe the smell of blood....I know
that my spiritual station lies in patience" (Shahrzad 4). In these words one sees that happily ever after, which one would perhaps have assumed from the original stories, was not
to be for her and she gains an incredibly depth in a modern philosophical and spiritual look at fairy tales. There are also the classic genies in this story
but they are rather humorous, if evil and horrible at times. For example, one genie is berating a man and the man moans "If you hadnt forced your way into
my life, I wouldnt have got myself involved in this crime" (Mahfouz 23). The genie tells him, "Dont lie...You alone are responsible for your crime" (Mahfouz 23). He remarks that
when he first met or thought about this man he felt he was a good man although clearly one with weaknesses: Certainly he has suspicious relations with the chief of
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