Thinking of a fictional character that fascinating I find
Scheherazade is the one that comes to my mind
For the uninitiated she was the main character
The ingenious storyteller, the narrator
Of tales in “One thousand and One Nights”
She spun stories in the face of fright
Not knowing if she would live to see another day
But escaped death by leaving cliffhanger endings in such a way
That the king out of curiosity was compelled to left her live
To know the end of the story- but she would keep changing the narrative
She conjured stories within stories, and subplots devised
Creating a richly textured treatise comprised
Of stories that are known as the “Arabian Nights”
Stories that provide into human nature insight..
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Scheherazade’s character I view as the epitome
Of storytelling, to be an engaging storyteller is aspirational for me..
Passion...unbridled 