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Each woman in “Arabian Nights” is unique in her own way. The characters of women vary greatly throughout the book; there is a range of good and evil, a full spectrum of women is described. There is never one general image of women that is portrayed throughout the book. And not all of the women are human either. There are ghouls, she-devils, and many other supernatural beings taking the shape of a woman. The main character, Shahrazad, is a wonderful storyteller, who tells stories every night to a king. This king marries a different woman every day and every night, he kills her. Shahrazad heard of this terrible tragedy and thought up a plan to stop the women from being slaughtered. She decided to marry the king herself, and to entertain him with stories every night so that he would never get around to killing her. Thus the title, 1001 Arabian Nights, which is how many nights Shahrazad told stories to the king. Shahrazad, when telling the stories, adds in characters that have double meanings. Being the clever women she is, by adding certain characters to her stories she makes the king learn certain morals