What is the central idea of "harun al-rashid and one thousand and one nights"? one thousand and one nights is a collection of west and south asian stories and folktales. "long ago, in a far off land…" this is how the story of harun al-rashid begins. harun al-rashid was a powerful and ruthless military leader. harun al-rashid was a powerful leader in ancient baghdad, who had many stories written about him in one thousand and one nights.

Read the following passage: he roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, and objectless step. the pallor of his countenance had assumed, if possible, a more ghastly hue— but the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out. the once occasional huskiness of his tone was heard no more; and a tremulous quaver, as if of extreme terror, habitually characterized his utterance. there were times, indeed, when i thought his unceasingly agitated mind was laboring with some oppressive secret, to divulge which he struggled for the necessary courage. which of the above ideas might be considered foreshadowing? he is wandering all over the chamber his skin tone is really pale his voice is quivering the narrator thinks he is laboring with an oppressive secret