Both novels, however, examine the role of women and their authority over men in society; eventually, Shahrazad and Alysoun differ from each other, Shahrazad uses her ability of storytelling to save herself and other women from Shahriyar’s deranged murders, whereas Alysoun uses her helplessness in order to achieve supreme authority over her fifth husband.
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From Alysoun’s perspective we see limitations in the amount of friends she can have and the husband not being pleased with her visiting a friend’s house. “Why, if I have a friend or acquaintance in all innocence, you chide like a fiend if I walk to his house and visit!” (page 193, lines 243-245). Jankyn expects her to stay home and obey him because that’s what was expected of women in the past. Women didn’t have a voice or a say in the matter and Jankyn confirms