Persian Letters | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Seraglio appears in Various Letters - This place is where a character's wives live in concealment.

Ispahanappears in Various Letters - This place is a city in Persia where a character lived before his travels.

Qur'anappears in Various Letters - This item contains the holy scriptures and is the equivalent of the Christian Bible.

Troglodytesappears in Letters 11 - 14 - This group illustrates a story about justice.

Tradition of the Doctorsappears in Letter 17 - This item is material that a character refers to as a pure source of intelligence.

Constitutionappears in...
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