The Lady and Her Five Suitors by Arabian Knights

(Reflection)

 (Mimetic Approach)

The story of the lady and her five suitors was all about a lady who's husband went to a business trip and never returned. The lady then decide to fall inlove again. Unfortunately, his lover was sent to jail. In order for her lover  to be set free, she  went to four of the most powerful men on the land- the Kazi, Wali, Wazir, and King. As she approached each men to make a release note for her husband, all of them demanded to be with her for a day in exchange of the release note. This made her think of an effective strategy to get rid of her suitors. She asked a carpenter to make a cabinet with five compartments. The cabinet was then delivered the next day. As each visitor arrived, he was given food and clothes. When someone knocks on the door, the lady suddenly panics and hides her suitor inside each compartment of the closet. The suitor then follows her with the fear that it would be her husband who is knocking. 
Suddenly, the carpenter arrived and had a dispute over the lady regarding the size of the cabinet. She then pushed her into the fifth compartment and locked the door. She went to the jail to give the release note made by the king for her. She then went away with her lover leaving her suitors trapped inside the cabinet. The suitors were released by the neighbors after urinating on each other. They told the neighbors about who they were because of the clothes they were wearing.

Mimetic Analysis

The scenes in the story, though they were fictional, is somehow identical to what is happening in reality. The scenes manifest prostitution, in a way that the lady agrees to spend a day with with each suitor even though nothing romantic happened. This happens in reality. The scenes also show dominance of power, which was manifested by each suitor, offering the lady her husband's freedom in exchange of spending a day with her. This also happens in reality. The story also manifests cleverness, in a way how the lady thought of an effective strategy of getting rid of her suitors without being touched or abused. This also happens in reality. People think of clever ideas in order to get out of the deal.

Over all, the story creates a portal between fiction and reality. Though the scene of the story seems a little bit weird and impossible to happen, it happens in real life.