Woman at Point Zero

by

Nawal El Saadawi

The prince solicits Firdaus right after she murders Marzouk and kills her fear, paying her a massive sum of 3,000 pounds. Midway through sex, Firdaus stops, tears the prince’s money to pieces, and says that she ought to kill him since he is just an “insect” who spends his people’s taxes on prostitutes for himself. The prince calls the police and accuses Firdaus of being a killer, and they arrest her.

The prince Quotes in Woman at Point Zero

The Woman at Point Zero quotes below are all either spoken by The prince or refer to The prince. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 2 Quotes

“I am not a prostitute. But right from my early days my father, my uncle, my husband, all of them, taught me to grow up as a prostitute.”

Related Characters: Firdaus (speaker), Firdaus’s Uncle, Sheikh Mahmoud, Firdaus’s Father, The prince
Related Symbols: Money
Page Number: 135
Explanation and Analysis:
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The prince Quotes in Woman at Point Zero

The Woman at Point Zero quotes below are all either spoken by The prince or refer to The prince. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Pervasive Sexism and Oppression Theme Icon
).
Part 2 Quotes

“I am not a prostitute. But right from my early days my father, my uncle, my husband, all of them, taught me to grow up as a prostitute.”

Related Characters: Firdaus (speaker), Firdaus’s Uncle, Sheikh Mahmoud, Firdaus’s Father, The prince
Related Symbols: Money
Page Number: 135
Explanation and Analysis: