Name: Marwin F. Barroa Jr.

Section: H12-D

Literary Elements Matrix

Story Character Setting Plot Conflict Theme

Scheherazad
Centers on a
e A 35-year-
man who
old full-time
cannot leave
housewife
his house for
who has 2
unknown
children and a
reasons. He
typical
was visited
company man
by a woman
for a husband.
he named
She also had a
Scheherazade Man vs.
Haruki gift for telling Love, sexual
Tokyo at who has been himself
Murakami’s stories that obsession,
Habara’s hired to
“Scheherazade touched the and human
House attend his Man vs.
” heart of desire
sexual needs destiny
anyone who
and brings
hears it.
him food and
supplies.
Nobutaka
Each time
Habara
they had sex,
The man who
she will tell
is homebound
Habara a
and whom did
gripping story
Scheherazade
afterward.
tells a story to
Scheherazade The Middle Shahryar was Man vs. Fate and
“One A beautiful, East at the the king of himself destiny
Thousand and educated, and king’s palace Persia – a
One Nights/ smart young great empire Man vs.
Arabian woman who but he was destiny
Nights” has a gift of scorned by an
being a unfaithful
storyteller, wife. Every
weaving her day, the king
stories with chose to
spiritual and marry a new
moral lessons. woman only
to kill it the
 next morning.
Many
innocent
women died
until one day
Scheherazade
(the daughter
of the king’s
King
advisor)
Shahryar
offers to
-He rules a
marry the
kingdom and
king. Though
begins the
both the king
practice of
and the
marrying
advisor
wives and
object, she
killing them
still insists
the next day
even if she
until it stops
knew that it
when
will be her
Scheheraze
last night. But
came and tells
that night, she
him stories
requests for
every night.
her the
presence of
her sister and
tells dozens
of stories that
keep her
alive.
How is Intertextuality was shown by mingling some unique Intertextuality was shown
Intertextuality by mingling some unique attributes of ttributes of Schehezarade of the Arabian
seen in Nights to Scheherazade of Schehezarade. Both of whom had a gift in telling
Murakami’s stories, no matter what sort of story they tell they made it so special that the
contemporary heart of anyone who listens are touched. Though the end goal of both women
short story? are different from each other, as Schehezarade of the Arabian Nights is telling
(*Answers should be the stories to live off of another day and to stop the King from killing more
brief and concise and innocent women in innocent women in their country and Scheherazade in
not more than 5
sentences.) Murakami’s story, is just a woman who abara supplies, foods, and also brings
Habara supplies, foods, and also attends his attends his sexual needs in which
sexual needs in which after they had sex she always left him a strange and
gripping story; also, Habara sees his attendant similar to Scheherazade, and
that’s the reason why she was named like that in the short story of Murakami.
Moreover, the similarities between Habara and the King of Persia can be both
seen at the end of the story the end of the story where they felt a connection a
where they felt a connection and more attached to nd more attached to both
women as their stories reach the end.