The Tale of the Sage’s Favors In the city of Hudid, there lived a Sultan by the name of Rifat. He was as greedy as one could get, leeching the money out of people, increasing taxes, and using his wealth just for his petty needs. In fact, he was so terrible of a ruler that many aristocrats tended to stay away from him along with their children for fear of the Sultan wanting something unreasonable from them such as for the hands of their daughters in marriage (cough, cough, forced, cough). As he continued his dirty deeds, the citizens of Hudid kept going into poverty while the Sultan bathed in his riches. Soon, Hudid became full of slums with the exceptions of the mansions of the sneaky and ambitious merchants who gained the favor of the Sultan …show more content…
The Sultan is the cause of Hudid’s downfall. Ever since he took the throne, we the people, have been slowly drained of our money until we can hardly pay the over expensive taxes. Many of us had to give up our most prized possessions just to feed ourselves and have a roof above our heads. It’s all because of him that my husband now works day rise to day fall just to give our family a just enough money for a meager dinner! Because of him, my children are starving most of the time! It’s all because of him, that greedy, no good Sultan!” the woman ranted, once again weeping at the …show more content…
Men, women, and children of all sizes stopped what they’re doing to peer at the odd girl heading to the castle. This continued till Karam reached the castle. She stated her purpose and was led through the castle grounds to the throne room. There, Rifat was slouching in his throne, drinking from a cup of wine (who had obviously forgotten about their deal). When the audience (the Sultan, the councilmen, and a few servants) was focused on her, she had then revealed what was behind the tapestries. Once again, gasps of shock could be heard around the room. Along with the spitake that the Sultan produced. In the carts were mounds of gold with other types of jewels and gems, some of them even unseen
Amir’s wealthy status in the city of Kabul allows him to have excessive hubris, which eventually initiates his tragic downfall.
“Beowulf drank to those presents, not ashamed to be praised, richly rewarded in front of them all. No ring-giver has given four such gifts, passed such treasures through his hands, with the grace and warmth that Hrothgar showed.” This quote highlights one of the many themes in the book, Beowulf, that theme being wealth. Beowulf makes such an interesting topic to discuss because it covers the normalities in Anglo-Saxon culture, the ethics of gift-giving and how these customs have carried over into today’s world.
The men at the forefront of the Young Turk’s rebellion were Mehmed Talaat, Ismail Enver and Ahmed Djemal. Eventually, they came to have more of a dictatorial sort of rule on their people, with their own visions of what they wanted for the Turkic people. They all wanted to unite their people and expand ...
Since women technically had no power without the help of a man, she had to be sly and crafty to get what she wanted. The perfect example of this is the teller of all these stories. Shahrazad the Vizier’s eldest daughter, willingly chooses to become the King’s next bride to be. “‘Give me in marriage to this King: either I shall die and be a ransom for the daughters of Moslems, or live and be the cause of their deliverance.’”. (pg19) Shahrazad tricked the King into keeping her alive by telling him stories and stopping in the middle of it to survive another night. Her plan works and not only is she spared but thanks to her, the king realizes that women are eloquent, and that they can be trusted. She also saved the lives of other girls since the king no longer needs a new woman every night. In The Tale of Al- Haddar, the barber’s second brother is tricked into shaving his beard and dye his eyebrows by a beautiful woman. This demonstrates that one should not to conclusions, even if it is a pretty
However, this has been found to be insufficient in maintaining the original title because “Its soil is rapidly passing into the hands of the stranger” (8). In a case where the successor strongly wants to pass down their legacy, they should at least divide the money among children equally. Honestly, why do men leave their riches to their children? It does not seem to be a gesture of love. In fact, these bequests are more likely to be used improperly than for the good. If one truly wants their descendants to be successful, he should not just hand them money. Those who are simply given money are unworthy, and bound to attain nothing but poverty. It is essential to prepare children and teach them to earn a livelihood. Additionally, one should ingrain the sentiment of involving themselves in labor for the pure benefit of the
In the drama Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Friar Lawrence is a kind, knowledgeable, peacekeeping, and wise character. He also acts as a foil to the Montaques, Capulets, and the nurse. He is a priest to both the Montaque and Capulet houses. He is a well-liked person in the town of Verona. The Friar is a positive figure in the community and serves as a good role model for the children of Verona.
In Document E it states that "...he told me of the opulence [luxury; extreme wealth], manly virtues, and piety of his sultan [king]." This means that while Mansa was
Ever the shrewd leader, Hussein realized that the primary way to ensure stability was to increase the standard of living. The fi...
This war tore the Caliphate into factions and cost a great deal to the treasuries of both sides. As with most other occasions in which a man usurps a throne there a long term repercussions and conflicts. Al-Mamun was plagued for a great part of his reign by rebellions. He struggled for five years against an Alid rebellion which tried to install ‘Al-Rida’, or t...
Martin Luther King Jr begins his essay with “My Dear Fellow Clergyman” in an attempt to form a sense of parity between himself and the men being addressed. More ever, he says that he believes that these criticisms are “sincerely set forth” and the men are “of genuine good”. Through this, he applies a Rogerian tactic, where the writer attempts to find a common ground as an alternative to further dividing the sides. His demonstration of equality due to the inter-connectedness of all people is a central idea of the entire letter. He notes that his “secretaries” can’t answer the amount of tedious “criticisms that cross [his] desk” since “constructive work” requires superior attention. In the informational second paragraph, King, “the president
... words of Princess Sultana about the many abuses of women in Saudi Arabia. Women in Saudi Arabia's only purpose is sex, and the production of male children. Other than that they are seen as invisible and incompetent. They are given no identity at birth and their deaths are unaccounted for. Saudi women are also forced to cover up their beautiful faces with veils and abaayas. Women of royalty also get treated just as horribly as the lower class women. Jean Sasson did an excellent job of conveying Princess Sultana's pain, aggravation, and grief. Through this book readers will know of Princess Sultana's hopes and dreams of equal treatment for Saudi women. Princess is a well supported and informative book that will teach it's readers the mistreatments of women in Saudi Arabia.
In Nicomachean Ethics, generosity is the third virtue Aristotle examines. He directly addresses the idea of generosity to be the mean of wealth, meaning anything whose worth is measured by money. As presented by Aristotle, generosity is the intermediate of wastefulness and ungenerosity, wastefulness being the excess and ungenerosity being the deficiency. This virtue however, does not come naturally; generosity can arise through habit and takes experience as well as time. While generosity appears to be an important virtue, it is not the most essential virtue to one’s well being.
Compassion, like generosity is also admired. But a ruler must be careful that he does not show compassion unwisely. A new ruler has to be cruel initially, because being a new ruler is full of d...
...l, many Egyptians were beginning to detest the British occupation and the Wafd Party demanded for a constitutional monarchy. Later Hamida achieves great success and power that is unique for a woman, but power corrupts and absolute power absolutely corrupts, and eventually she will lose all the success and power to become a street prostitute working for Ibrahim Faraj.