The Thousand and One Nights are 42 tales from Middle Eastern and Indian stories. The main overall storyline is King Shahrazad had uncovered that throughout his nonappearances, his wife was very disloyal to him and he ends up assassinating her and whoever she associated herself with. The king becomes into a huge monster and seems like he kills anyone in his path. He would marry and then execute a spouse every day.  It sounds something similar to Sakuntala and Madea with their significant others and how the male runs everything.

In the story “The Merchant and the Jinni, The king had a repetitive line which was “Rise, that I may kill thee, and thou hast killed my son. To me, it shows how hostile he is toward people. In the “Second Sheykh and the Two Black Hounds”, the King says, “I became most cordially attached to my wife, so that, on her account, I neglected the society of my brothers, who, in consequence, became jealous of me, and likewise envied me my wealth, and the abundance of my merchandise; casting the eyes of covetousness upon the whole of the property.” So it seems as though whoever is in his way will face the consequence of death or face some sort of a consequence. He doesn’t have remorse for anyone.