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This paper follows the critical lines of feminism and psychoanalysis to argue that Othello is a conflict between female characters' moral voices and male figures' treacherous voices. Drawing on the concepts of Jungian and Freudian psychoanalysis, I argue that the association of female speech and silence with sexuality is a projection of misogynist and racist discourses. I read Iago's projection of his evil onto Othello as a verbal intercourse of homosexuality. The cause of tragedy emanates from the fact that Othello weds his shadow, Iago and ignores his anima, Desdemona. While the verbal marriage between Othello and Iago results in Othello's accusation of Desdemona of being a whore, I argue that Desdemona escapes this category because a boy actor impersonates her physically and vocally. I argue that Othello stages for audiences in contemporary Palestine male figures' deafness to feminist views. While Othello's marriage to Desdemona symbolizes his integration into Venetian society, his murder of Desdemona signals the loss of his heroic identity and the dissolution of his link to Venice. In contrast, killing the supposedly aggressive female figures in Palestine marks the public respect of the killer. Furthermore, I use the romance of Antar (525-608) as a Palestinian literary intertext to scrutinize the significance of female figures in constructing male figures' heroic identity and the racial discourse that the Romance of Antar and Othello embodies. IJCLTS 3(4):1-13, 20152 agency similar to that which Qabbanni encourages women to obtain, for her speech reveals the truth of Desdemona's innocence and destroys Iago's plot. MethodologyOthello is a domestic tragedy of speaking and hearing. Following the critical lines of feminism and psychoanalysis, I argue that Othello is a conflict between female figures' moral and honest voices and male figures' villainous, treacherous and murderous voices. Othello is destroyed by his deafness to female figures' moral voices and by listening to Iago's lies. Drawing on the concepts of Jungian and Freudian psychoanalysis, I argue that Othello's deafness to the female voice is a defensive strategy in that he punishes Desdemona for the passions he strives to deny in himself. The association of female speech and silence with sexuality is a projection of misogynist and racist discourses. I read Iago's projection of his evil onto Othello as a verbal intercourse of homosexuality. I argue that the cause of tragedy emanates from the fact that Othello weds his shadow, Iago and ignores his anima, Desdemona. As Shakespeare yokes together the otherness of gender and race, Othello's loss of trust in Desdemona is a result of his inability to trust his racial identity. While the verbal marriage between Othello and Iago results in Othello's accusation of Desdemona of being a whore, I argue that Desdemona escapes this category because a boy actor impersonates her physically and vocally. Silencing Desdemona and the boy actor impersonating her speech elicits Othello's self-condemnation rather than affirm...
This paper follows the critical lines of feminism and psychoanalysis to argue that Othello is a conflict between female characters' moral voices and male figures' treacherous voices. Drawing on the concepts of Jungian and Freudian psychoanalysis, I argue that the association of female speech and silence with sexuality is a projection of misogynist and racist discourses. I read Iago's projection of his evil onto Othello as a verbal intercourse of homosexuality. The cause of tragedy emanates from the fact that Othello weds his shadow, Iago and ignores his anima, Desdemona. While the verbal marriage between Othello and Iago results in Othello's accusation of Desdemona of being a whore, I argue that Desdemona escapes this category because a boy actor impersonates her physically and vocally. I argue that Othello stages for audiences in contemporary Palestine male figures' deafness to feminist views. While Othello's marriage to Desdemona symbolizes his integration into Venetian society, his murder of Desdemona signals the loss of his heroic identity and the dissolution of his link to Venice. In contrast, killing the supposedly aggressive female figures in Palestine marks the public respect of the killer. Furthermore, I use the romance of Antar (525-608) as a Palestinian literary intertext to scrutinize the significance of female figures in constructing male figures' heroic identity and the racial discourse that the Romance of Antar and Othello embodies. IJCLTS 3(4):1-13, 20152 agency similar to that which Qabbanni encourages women to obtain, for her speech reveals the truth of Desdemona's innocence and destroys Iago's plot. MethodologyOthello is a domestic tragedy of speaking and hearing. Following the critical lines of feminism and psychoanalysis, I argue that Othello is a conflict between female figures' moral and honest voices and male figures' villainous, treacherous and murderous voices. Othello is destroyed by his deafness to female figures' moral voices and by listening to Iago's lies. Drawing on the concepts of Jungian and Freudian psychoanalysis, I argue that Othello's deafness to the female voice is a defensive strategy in that he punishes Desdemona for the passions he strives to deny in himself. The association of female speech and silence with sexuality is a projection of misogynist and racist discourses. I read Iago's projection of his evil onto Othello as a verbal intercourse of homosexuality. I argue that the cause of tragedy emanates from the fact that Othello weds his shadow, Iago and ignores his anima, Desdemona. As Shakespeare yokes together the otherness of gender and race, Othello's loss of trust in Desdemona is a result of his inability to trust his racial identity. While the verbal marriage between Othello and Iago results in Othello's accusation of Desdemona of being a whore, I argue that Desdemona escapes this category because a boy actor impersonates her physically and vocally. Silencing Desdemona and the boy actor impersonating her speech elicits Othello's self-condemnation rather than affirm...
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