Mimesis is the Greek word for 'imitation'. The Mimetic Approach to analysing literature checks how well a piece of literary work accords with the real world; or, how well is its 'imitation' of reality as we know it. Using this approach, the literary piece critiqued here (in this paper) is 'The Lady and Her Five Suitors' — a short story featured in a collection: 'Arabian Nights'.
The story centers on nameless, but not title-less, personages: the Woman, the Woman's Lover, the Kali (Chief-of-Police), the Kazi, the Wazir, the King, and the Carpenter. The reader is introduced first to the main character: the Woman. Curtains were opened to her, who was the wife of a great Traveler, when in her husband's long absence, she has taken on herself a young lover.
What the Woman has done (that is, having an intimate affair aside from her husband) reflects well the real situation of some married women who suffer the pangs of longing from long-distance relationships. The problem, however, arose when the Woman's lover was sent to prison after an altercation with another man who filed a case against him.
The desperate measures taken by the Woman to release his Lover from imprisonment are also possible in reality. That is, when the payment required of us is too much for us to pay, we may haggle over the price or turn somewhere else for better and cheaper offers for the same material and, perhaps, for the same quality. What the Woman has done, however, was out-witting her seemingly "witty" suitors who were blinded by their "love" for her. I believe, with less bias, that 'wits' is intrinsic to a woman.
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