Shahryar Analysis

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Christopher your response eloquently expresses why Shahrazad can be characterized as a successful storyteller. And I couldn’t agree more. As you said, her stories had life lessons that stimulated Shahryar’s heart and mind, they left her audience captivated and wanting more, and they will be remembered for generations to come. For this reason I wanted to use your response to explain why I chose this upcoming link for the prompt I want to answer. Locate an image, song, or other cultural artifact that might help us to better appreciate the text and its larger significance (what it means). Explain how your chosen image serves as a window into the text; go beyond plot summary and instead focus on how the image points us in the direction of analyzing …show more content…

In my opinion there aren’t many storytellers who can rival the ability of Walt Disney, the man in the picture. His name alone brings about images in the minds of children and adults of his popular stories and characters. As children, his stories allowed us to immerse ourselves into a world of mystery, adventure and imagination, and as we grow older we can appreciate the life lessons that we learned from those stories as children. Some of the life lessons embedded within the motion pictures can be recognized by quotes taken from characters within the movies such as one from the emperor in Mulan, “The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all”, or the one expressed by Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh,” A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference”, and lastly one from Mickey Mouse, “To laugh at yourself is to love yourself.” Walt Disney’s stories have stood the test of time and will continue to be enjoyed by generations to come. The techniques we use to interpret and analyze Disney films can be similarly applied to our text. We can immerse ourselves within the fantasy of it all and allow the stories to affect us emotionally while at the same time acknowledge take away lessons and viewpoints. Lessons and viewpoints such as the way women are portrayed in the text or the main goal and message behind Shahrazad’s successful

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