Based on the reading of the frame story, we can conclude that the stories in the Thousand and One Nights lead the western readers to believe that the east is a place of magic where the people live luxurious and prosperous lives. (Fond of sport and merriment...custom to go out in quest of pleasure and amusement: - from the Tale of The Hunchback). These stories also make the east seem like a magical and exotic place. (...Jinni of gigantic stature carrying a chest...and there rose form the box a beautiful young girl: - from the Prologue). In the Thousand and One Arabian Nights, most or all the women are portrayed as extremely beautiful and seductive. In addition to that it seems that the women were lustier than their men and faced no moral dilemma in deceiving them.

ne Nights, also called Arabian Nights, begins with the story of King Shahriyar, who has learned that his wi

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