The  Murder Scene in Shakespeare 's Othello and                         Yousif Al- Saygh's Desdemona

Mousa Ghanim, Fawziya

	The Murder Scene in Shakespeare 's Othello and Yousif Al- Saygh's Desdemona
Al-Ma'mon College Journal
Article 1, Volume 0, Issue 25, 2018, Pages 368-380
Author
Fawziya Mousa Ghanim
Abstract
The theater is still a source of culture, art, and human experience. The Shakespearean theatre is an influential theatre in the world of literature . Most of the experimental playwrights and writers regenerate and recreate their new techniques, themes, and spaces by depending on the Shakespearean texts. Iraqi theatre like every theatre is also affected by Shakespeare's theatre and drama. It has been inspired by Shakespeare's poetic language and his universal themes . Many of Iraqi theatre directors and dramatists are interested in rewriting ,reacting and performing several of Shakespeare's plays. This paper is concerned with Shakespeare's Othello ( 1565 )and Yousif Al-Saygh's Desdemona ( 1994) . It focuses on the murder scene in both plays and, aims at analyzing the bed- marriage as a sanctuary and a brothel at the same time. It also explains how the playwrights dramatize it according to their different eras, cultures , personalities ,and their intellectual backgrounds. The paper consists of four sections and a conclusion . The first section deals with a brief introduction . The second section discusses the murder scene in Othello. The third section concentrates on Al-Saygh's life and works. The fourth section analyzes the murder scene in Desdemona . The conclusion sums up to the findings of the study.
Keywords
Desdmona; Iraqi Theatre; Othello

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