BELL RINGER HOW DO YOU ENVISION A TYPICAL JINNEE? WHAT WOULD THE JINNEE LOOK LIKE? WHAT WOULD CAUSE IT TO APPEAR? HOW WOULD IT ACT?
FROM THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS TRANSLATED BY N.J. DAWOOD
CULTURAL BACKGROUND ARABIC CULTURE 1001 NIGHTS COLLECTION OF DIFFERENT TALES LOOSELY PIECED TOGETHER INTO ONE LONG NARRATIVE FRAMEWORK THAT’S TIES ALL THE STORIES TOGETHER?
FOLKTALE STORIES HANDED DOWN ORALLY; TOLD IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE UNREALISTIC TEACH A LESSON SIMPLE CHARACTERS MERGING OF FOLK TRADITIONS ****WHAT CAN HAPPEN TO A STORY WHEN IS TOLD AND RETOLD BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE?
JINNEE’S STORY CHARACTERS: JINNE AND FISHERMAN WHY WAS JINNEE TOSSED IN THE SEA? REBELLED AGAINST KING SOLOMONAND REFUSED TO PLEDGE OBEDIENCE TO HIM WHAT IS THE FISHERMAN’S REWARD FOR RELEASING THE JINNEE? HE MAY CHOOSE HIS DEATH WHAT 3 VOWS DID THE JINNEE MAKE AFTER BEING THROWN INTO THE OCEAN YEARS AGO? a)BESTOW ETERNAL RICHES ON HIM WHO SETS HIM FREE b)OPEN UP ALL THE BURIED TREASURES OF THE EARTH c)KILL THE MAN WHO SETS HIM FREE ALLOWING HIM TO CHOOSE HIS DEATH
KING YUNAN AND DURBAN THE DOCTOR CHARACTERS: KING YUNAN, DR. DURBAN, VIZIER (HIGH OFFICIAL) WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE KING?/ WHAT DOES DR. DURBAN PROMISE? KING HAS LEPROSY AND THE DOCTOR PROMISES TO CURE HIM HOW DOES DR. DURBAN TRICK THE KING? THE DOCTOR POISONS THE KING WHAT WARNING DID THE VIZIER GIVE THE KING? WHY? WARNING- “ALL MEN ENVY THE STRONG OPENLY, THE WEAK IN SECRET” HE IS JEALOUS OF THE DOCTORS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE KING
KING SINBAD AND THE FALCON CHARACTERS: KING SINBAD AND THE FALCON WHAT DOES THE KING DO TO HIS FALCON? WHY? -THE KING CUTS OFF THE FALCONS WINGS -THE FALCON WAS STOPPING HIM FROM DRINKING “WATER” (ACTUALLY POISON FROM A SNAKE) WAS THIS TOO RASH?
BACK TO KING YUNAN AND THE DR! WHAT IS THE VIZIER’S REACTION? -VIZIER EXPLAINS HE IS NOT JEALOUS BUT DEVOTED TO THE KING AND HIS SAFETY HOW DOES THE KING REACT TO THE VIZIER AT THIS POINT? -1 ST THE KING IS ANGRY FOR SAYING CRUEL THINGS BUT THEN BEGINS TO BELIEVE THE DOCTOR IS OUT TO DESTROY HIM WHAT DOES DR. DURBAN REQUEST BEFORE HE IS KILLED? -ONE DAY TO SAY GOODBYE TO HIS FAMILY AND GET AFFAIRS IN ORDER HOW IS THE KING KILLED? -THE KING IS TOLD TO READ THE FIRST 3 LINES ON THE LEFT PAGE AND THE DOCTORS HEAD WILL SPEAK TO HIM -THE PAGES WERE STUCK TOGETHER (BY POISON) SO THE KING LICKED THE PAGES TO TURN THEM
BACK TO THE JINNEE THE FISHERMAN TELLS THE TREACHEROUS JINNEE THAT HAD THE KING SPARED THE PHYSICIAN, HE IN TURN WOULD HAVE BEEN SPARED BY ALLAH (GOD). BUT HE REFUSED, AND ALLAH BROUGHT ABOUT THE KING’S DESTRUCTION. THE FISHERMAN TELLS THE JINNEE THAT HAD HE BEEN WILLING TO SPARE THE LIFE OF THE FISHERMAN, THEN ALLAH WOULD HAVE BEEN MERCIFUL TO HIM, AND THE FISHERMAN WOULD HAVE SPARED HIS LIFE. SINCE THE JINNEE SOUGHT TO KILL THE FISHERMAN, THE FISHERMAN THROWS HIM BACK INTO THE SEA
FRAME STORY/MESSAGE FRAME STORY ALL 3 STORIES ARE BEING TOLD BY PRINCESS SHAHARAZAD (SO HER LIFE IS SPARED). A CHARACTER FROM 1 STORY NARRATES THE NEXT BUT ALL ARE CONNECTED TO THE PRINCESS MESSAGE JINNEE/FISHERMAN KING YUNAN/DOCTOR DUBAN KING SINBAD/FALCON ALL CHARACTERS ACTED RASHLY AND WOULD NOT HAVE SUFFERED IF THEY DID NOT OVER REACT
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