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Both works of literature, The Arabian Nights and Othello display numerous similarities among each other. Both of the written works illustrate a sense of betrayal and manipulation that leads to a scene of chaos and destruction. For instance, within The Arabian Nights, both kings, Shahrayar and Shahrazad, discover their wives are being unfaithful by catching them sleeping with other men. In Othello, through the use of planned manipulation by Lago, Othello is tricked into thinking that Desdemona is guilty of having committed adultery as well. In the Arabian Nights, after having to witness and partake in sexual activities with the Demon’s captured wife, Shahrayar is convinced that all women are not to be trusted. Stemming from this belief through the experiences he just witnessed, Shahryar swore to marry a woman every night, make love to her, only to kill her the preceding morning. Othello, driven to madness through Lago’s manipulation, smothers Desdemona to death despite her claims of innocence. “By Heaven, I saw my handkerchief in ‘s hand! O perjured woman, thou dost stone my heart and mak’st me call what I intend to do” (Act 5, sc. 2, 77-79)  Othello, convinced by the trickery of Lago, refused to believe Desdemona last pleads of innocence by claiming that the handkerchief proves everything against her.