Based on this excerpt from "how much land does a man need? " by leo tolstoy, how is the author using the character of the devil? "of course our work is rough and coarse. but, on the other hand, it is sure; and we need not bow to any one. but you, in your towns, are surrounded by temptations; to-day all may be right, but to-morrow the evil one may tempt your husband with cards, wine, or women, and all will go to ruin. don't such things happen often enough? " pahom, the master of the house, was lying on the top of the oven, and he listened to the women's chatter. "it is perfectly true," thought he. "busy as we are from childhood tilling mother earth, we peasants have no time to let any nonsense settle in our heads. our only trouble is that we haven't land enough. if i had plenty of land, i shouldn't fear the devil himself! " the women finished their tea, chatted a while about dress, and then cleared away the tea-things and lay down to sleep. but the devil had been sitting behind the oven, and had heard all that was said. he was that the peasant's wife had led her husband into boasting, and that he had said that if he had plenty of land he would not fear the devil himself. "all right," thought the devil. "we will have a tussle. i'll give you land enough; and by means of that land i will get you into my power." as a foil as an antagonist as a dynamic character as the protagonist

the mood is annoyed. they wish sandy was there do to the job right and since they dont like they way it came out now they are annoyed.

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.