Sinbad Reading Notes Part A
Sinbad and the Legend of the Sevens Seas Theatrical Release poster. (source: Wikipedia )
Fifth Voyage Notes
-built his own boat for the fifth trip, so he could go where he wanted when he wanted, and invited other merchants to go with him
-Found an inhabited island
-they found a roc's egg they saw hatching. The merchants cut it open and killed the young bird and cooked it, although Sinbad thought it was a bad idea.
-Parent rocs came after them with huge stones to throw at the ship
-one rock smashed through the boat and Sinbad floated on some debris to another island
-"a garden of delights"
-he saw an old man who wanted him to carry him across a river on his back
-the old man wouldn't get off his shoulders and stay on all day and night.
Fifth Voyage (Cont.)
-Sinbad grabbed a dried up gourd and pressed grapes in it and left it in a fork in a tree, came back for it later when it was wine and "had the satisfaction of a draught of excellent wine so good and refreshing that I even forgot my detestable burden, and began to sing and caper."
-the old man took the gourd of wine and drank so much his legs loosened and Sinbad threw him to the ground where he never got up again.
-"The crowns of the cocoa-palms were all alive with monkeys, big and little, which skipped from one to the other with surprising agility"
-got the monkeys to throw done the coconuts for them from tall slippery palm trees
-was able to gather pepper, aloeswood, and pearls
-repetitive again, gave a share to the poor, and rested
Sixth Voyage
-"It must be a marvel to you how, after having five times met with shipwreck and unheard of perils, I could again tempt fortune and risk fresh trouble. I am even surprised myself when I look back, but evidently, it was my fate to rove,"
-repetitiveness in the beginning again by mentioning his restlessness
-ship was taken in a storm and blown into the side of a mountain the rose out of the sea
-saw all the treasure from ships that had wrecked on the island before
-"as I was born under a lucky star,"
-left on a raft he made on the river into a cave
Sixth Voyage (Cont.)
-Close thine eyes, and while thou sleepest Heaven will change thy fortune from evil to good."
-the men he met took him to their king to tell of his amazing adventures
-"Nay, Sindbad. Heaven forbid that I should covet your riches; I will rather add to them, for I desire that you shall not leave my kingdom without some tokens of my goodwill."
-tales were written in gold into the kingdom's archives
-"for this was the place to which Adam was banished out of Paradise."- the top of the mountain that was in the center of the island
-"I pray you give these to the Caliph Haroun al Raschid, and assure him of my friendship."
Sixth Voyage (the end)
-the king of the island sent goods, rubies, diamonds, pearls, and a slave girl with Sinbad for a present for his leader
-Sinbad gave the letter and presents to his king and told him of what he saw
-very good detail
Seventh and Last Voyage
-Sinbad chosen by his king to bring the king of the island a gift and letter of friendship, even though he wanted to not voyage anymore
-on the journey back to Bahgdad, they encountered pirates
-Sinbad sold as a slave to a rich merchant by the pirates
-killed an elephant for his new master
Seventh and Last Voyage (Cont.)
-hunted elephants for the master for 2 months
-elephants took Sinbad and carried him off
-they brought him to an elephant graveyard.
-"you must be under the special protection of Heaven"
-returned home with a caravan, because the sea made him nervous
Bibliography:
Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1898).
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