Even the young Arab prince despite being (skin-deep) complementary and non aggressive was portrayed as an utter fool filled with pride and assumptions. As evident in his constant questioning of Firdaus regarding his “performance” that essentially pushes Firdaus to her final breaking point. A breaking point that reached full potential when he called her a princess and said, “I can't’ believe someone like you can kill. Because you are too gentle” (P 135). Unlike many of the other men she had come across he did not pound on her body with fists but rather pound on her dignity with questions and assumptions. As well as the realization that a man of such lofty status is surely representative of society’s assumption of her as well. That being the
