چکیده (انگلیسی):

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 Desdemonaescapes thiscategory becausea 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 Antarand Othello embodies.