The Tale of Pearl-harvest demonstrates the cultural aspect of love at first sight. This is proven when Abu al-Hasan is telling his story and says “But when she asked the price of one particular bracelet, her voice was as sweet as a babbling spring and I looked up without a thought - and instantly drowned in the standing water of her eyes. My poor soul clung to the long curling black rushes that fringed each pool, but could not swim against the current of love, and it drew me down into the black vortex at the centre of her brown eyes.” (42). Abu is talking about how as soon as he looked up at her he was instantly in love with Pearl-harvest. The whole tale describes how Abu snuck into the palace just to see Pearl-harvest again and how he would do anything to see her. The story of how Abu met Pearl-harvest is being told by Abu to Kalifah. Abu describes how he instantly fell in love with Pearl-harvest and that they are still happily married.
Based on this tale I can infer that men were very protective of their wives. I can also infer the men thought they were the only ones worthy of seeing their wives, daughters and women that were their …show more content…
In this story many people are led to believe that they killed the little beggar. When the slave believes he killed the little beggar, he is brought to trial and sentenced to be hung. “ ‘You might have saved yourself an oath, you pickled rascal,’ said the judge, ‘for you will not touch liquor again whether you swear it or not: I am going to hang you immediately.’ “ Prior to the slave, many other believed they were the one’s to kill the little beggar and they all confess once the slave is sentenced to death. They confess because they all believe their business will fail for having someone they framed hung. Each one of them is sentenced to death after their confession. I think that death is a very harsh punishment for a
Based on this tale I can infer that men were very protective of their wives. I can also infer the men thought they were the only ones worthy of seeing their wives, daughters and women that were their …show more content…
In this story many people are led to believe that they killed the little beggar. When the slave believes he killed the little beggar, he is brought to trial and sentenced to be hung. “ ‘You might have saved yourself an oath, you pickled rascal,’ said the judge, ‘for you will not touch liquor again whether you swear it or not: I am going to hang you immediately.’ “ Prior to the slave, many other believed they were the one’s to kill the little beggar and they all confess once the slave is sentenced to death. They confess because they all believe their business will fail for having someone they framed hung. Each one of them is sentenced to death after their confession. I think that death is a very harsh punishment for a