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Comparing The Thousands And One Nights

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In my opinion, The Thousands and One Nights is a great story. I enjoyed the plot of the story and the different parables given. The stories of King Shahrayar and his brother, Shahzaman, are very intriguing and realistic. Both men discovered that their wives were unfaithful to them while away from their presence. Unfortunately, they murdered their spouses and maintained a negative perspective concerning women. Even though King Shahrayar and Shahzaman had just reasons to form their opinion on women as a whole, I do not agree with the idea that all women cannot be trusted. There are many bad men and women in the world, but not all of them are the same. With that being said, King Shahrayar was wrong for his violent actions toward the local, innocent

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