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In undertaking a psychoanalytical approach to King Lear, this paper treads in the footsteps of Fr... more In undertaking a psychoanalytical approach to King Lear, this paper treads in the footsteps of Freud in his 'The Theme of the Three Caskets.' Clearly early Jacobean society was very different from our own; expectations of patriarchy and the place of daughters was only partly covered by the image of the now dead Virgin Queen Elizabeth. One theory alone will not be enough to explain the complexities of the text and modern ideas such as historicism and feminism are also shown to bring new insights, even though they are insights the playwright themselves may not have understood.
The present paper aims to highlight the concept of revenge in western and eastern societies throu... more The present paper aims to highlight the concept of revenge in western and eastern societies through two different novels by exploring the theme of revenge in Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo and Naguib Mahfouz's The Thief and the Dogs. Revenge could be interpreted as harm in response to perceived damage or inequity. Dantes and Said are the two central protagonists and avengers in these two novels. The research focuses on the effect of revenge on human nature, and its influence on the actual transformation of the protagonists in the two novels. The study depends on a contrastive study between the two novels and the contrastive methodology explains the responses of both character (Dantes and Said) in light of their personalities and social experience of the social changes. The study concludes that there is a sort of difference between the societies of the west and east regarding the concept of revenge. Among the reasons for this difference between the two societies is the difference in the principle of culture and tradition, which leads to a different way of revenge.
The present paper aims to examine and study the monster's character Al Shismma that created from ... more The present paper aims to examine and study the monster's character Al Shismma that created from the parts of dead people of the war in Iraq. Saadawi sends many messages throughout his dreadful and supernatural character, such as the misery life and lousy situation in Iraqi society at that time and also the harsh reality and negative side of the war and its consequences on people. Ahmed Saadawi takes the same story of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein monster to describe the terrors of living in the city Baghdad after the 2003 United states illegal invasion. Saadawi tries to identify the origins of the terrorist activities that have ravaged the country and introduces his "Frankenstein" with a set of issues to strengthen the ordinary tragic consciousness held by the entire structure of Iraqi community. The character of AL Shismma considers himself as the only justice in the earth, and his duty that he comes for his revenge, he plans to get revenge from all the criminals in Iraqi society and revenge for each part in his body that belongs to the victims of war. The purpose of this paper is to show how Al Shismma transforms his supernatural power and strength to spread justice and help the Iraqi victims and also get revenge from the criminals of the war. Saadawi represents his abnormal character or monster as the only rescuer in his country and reflects the harsh and tragic life of Iraqi community during the American invasion.
In undertaking a psychoanalytical approach to King Lear, this paper treads in the footsteps of Fr... more In undertaking a psychoanalytical approach to King Lear, this paper treads in the footsteps of Freud in his 'The Theme of the Three Caskets.' Clearly early Jacobean society was very different from our own; expectations of patriarchy and the place of daughters was only partly covered by the image of the now dead Virgin Queen Elizabeth. One theory alone will not be enough to explain the complexities of the text and modern ideas such as historicism and feminism are also shown to bring new insights, even though they are insights the playwright themselves may not have understood.
The present paper aims to highlight the concept of revenge in western and eastern societies throu... more The present paper aims to highlight the concept of revenge in western and eastern societies through two different novels by exploring the theme of revenge in Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo and Naguib Mahfouz's The Thief and the Dogs. Revenge could be interpreted as harm in response to perceived damage or inequity. Dantes and Said are the two central protagonists and avengers in these two novels. The research focuses on the effect of revenge on human nature, and its influence on the actual transformation of the protagonists in the two novels. The study depends on a contrastive study between the two novels and the contrastive methodology explains the responses of both character (Dantes and Said) in light of their personalities and social experience of the social changes. The study concludes that there is a sort of difference between the societies of the west and east regarding the concept of revenge. Among the reasons for this difference between the two societies is the difference in the principle of culture and tradition, which leads to a different way of revenge.
The present paper aims to examine and study the monster's character Al Shismma that created from ... more The present paper aims to examine and study the monster's character Al Shismma that created from the parts of dead people of the war in Iraq. Saadawi sends many messages throughout his dreadful and supernatural character, such as the misery life and lousy situation in Iraqi society at that time and also the harsh reality and negative side of the war and its consequences on people. Ahmed Saadawi takes the same story of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein monster to describe the terrors of living in the city Baghdad after the 2003 United states illegal invasion. Saadawi tries to identify the origins of the terrorist activities that have ravaged the country and introduces his "Frankenstein" with a set of issues to strengthen the ordinary tragic consciousness held by the entire structure of Iraqi community. The character of AL Shismma considers himself as the only justice in the earth, and his duty that he comes for his revenge, he plans to get revenge from all the criminals in Iraqi society and revenge for each part in his body that belongs to the victims of war. The purpose of this paper is to show how Al Shismma transforms his supernatural power and strength to spread justice and help the Iraqi victims and also get revenge from the criminals of the war. Saadawi represents his abnormal character or monster as the only rescuer in his country and reflects the harsh and tragic life of Iraqi community during the American invasion.