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The renderings by Burton and Haddway of 1,001 Nights have a slight difference in their way of storytelling/use of frame narrative. Even though both versions ultimately narrate the same story, Burton’s version is narrated to please the English audience. His version of the Frame story emphasized racism towards black race. In contrast, the version of the Frame story by Haddawy was more neutral and pure. The author wrote the story to entertain a general audience. A particular race was not under attack, as he did not offend or be racist in any way. In multiple instances there is difference between two texts where this can be evidently seen. In the original version of the Frame story by Burton, the narrator says that king spotted the Queen sleeping
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