One Thousand and One Nights: A Retelling Literary Elements

Folklore.

Medieval Middle East.

Scheherzad is the narrator of the story, also the main protagonist of the story.

Suspenseful, Adventurous, Romantic, Hopeful.

Scheherzad is the protagonist and, her husband, King Shahryar is the antagonist.

There's a conflict in Scheherzad's life when she decides to woo her husband by telling her stories to save her and other girls'life, but she is unaware of the outcome.

King Shahryar falls in love with her new wife and decides not to kill her and makes her queen.

Scheherzad fabricates stories to tell her husband to make him curious. It foreshadows her plan to stop King Shahryar killing more innocent women.

When Scheherzad agrees to marry King Shahryar, her father tries to stop her by saying that her plan will not work out, which is an understatement because Scheherzad not only saves her life but also brings the killing of innocent girls to an end.

Scheherzad's storytelling skill alludes to her strategy for saving her life.

The eighth night, Scheherzad continues the story of a fisherman in which she describes how the fisherman mistakenly opens the magical vessel after opening the vessel smoke starts spreading everywhere like a white cloud that the fisherman becomes blind for a while and it leaves him astonished.

King Shahryar believes that women are not to be trusted, but Scheherzad changes his perspective entirely.

There's a parallel between King Shahryar's previous wives and Scheherzad's situation, but she uses her wit to save her life.

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