A Thousand And One Nights Women

In the book, A Thousand and One Nights, I was able to perceive the anger the men in the readings hold against women, specifically their wives. The women hold this power to them, that they are able to win the hearts of men, but eventually do something to anger them. The women have this way of persuading the men to have sex with them, or do another favor, but the women cast a spell if they are not pleased. The first women to betray their husband is Shahzaman, he gave her fortunes and an amazing life. He is a good husband to her, but she cheats with a cook (pg. 927), which is humiliating for a great king as such. Of course he does an awful thing such as killing both of them, but she gave him reason to do just a horrid thing. When Shahzaman goes to his brother’s house, he sees the slaves engaging in sexual activities with other slaves, including King Shahrayar’s wife. Both of the men conversate over how no man is safe from being humiliated by their own beloved. This ties to the idea that women in this book are capable to destroy a man for simply completing their own

She forces the men to make love to her or she would have them killed. She has forced up to 98 men (pg. 932), to have sex with her because the demon has deprived her from it. The way this woman threatened them, wounded King Shahrayar greatly that he would wound other women in his own way. We see how he sleeps with a woman, and every morning he sends the vizier to kill them. How is it that a woman can cause chaos within a man’s heart? The King found killing the women he married as a way to find justice for himself, and a way to get back at that lady even though she would not be affected by his actions. King Shahrayar had suffered from his wife sleeping with slaves, to almost feeling raped by this woman, he thought he would be doing a great deed in honor of such wretched woman who have come across