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Arabian Nights And The Supernatural Research Paper

In conclusion, Arabian Nights offers a glimpse into the reality of the Arabic world through the use of "magical realism," magic, and the supernatural. The Mohammedan faith of the Arabic world is implicit through much of the work -- and that insistence upon the supernatural plays a part in the overall theme and structure of the work. From such smaller tales as "The Ox and the Donkey" to such central tales as that of the king and Shahrazad, the theme of captivation and conquering through the use of spellbinding and magic, Arabian Nights shows how much faith the Arabic world...

And the fact that Nights is still popular today shows how much we have too.
Works Cited

Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 2010.

Irwin, Robert. The Arabian Nights: a companion. New York, NY: Tauris Parke, 2005.

Lawall, Sarah [ed.]. The Norton Anthology of World Literature [vol. B]. New York,

NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 2002. Print.

Makdisi, Saree. The Arabian Nights in Historical Context. Oxford, UK: Oxford

University Press, 2008.

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