Yazd University Journal of The Journal of New Critical Arabic Literature 2322-5068 8 14 2018 07 23 Domination ofsuperegoon ego in the “Orazat-Al-Khosoum” Drama and psychoanalysis of the character of “Omme- Salim” Domination ofsuperegoon ego in the “Orazat-Al-Khosoum” Drama and psychoanalysis of the character of “Omme- Salim” 27 44 1181 10.29252/mcal.8.14.27 FA Naser Ghasemi Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Tehran‎, Iran Yadolla Malayeri Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Tehran‎, Iran Mohammad Tahmasebi Graduate Student from University of Tehran‎, Iran Journal Article 2017 01 03 Psychoanalytic criticism is a kind of literary criticisms that has been in practice for a century. In this kind of criticism, the literary work is criticized and analyzed from a psychological perspective. One of the works that has the capacity to being criticized in the scope of psychology is the “Orazat-al- khosoum” play written by “Ali oghleOrsan”. It is considered to be about the problems in an Arab society. The character of “Omme-salim” represents a plenty of actions and reactions that originated from her subconscious. The paper aims to study which of the three personality elements (i.e. ego, superego or id) makes Omme-saleem show such behavior. The analysis of her character is based upon the subconscious theory of Freud. Omme-salim is the main character of the play who takes action according to her superego’s wants. Her superego has entered an irrational phase to achieve her objectives, and this causes a conflict between her ego and superego. This conflict ends in overcoming her superego. In fact, Omme-saleem is the symbol of superego in the play. She also resorts to the defensive mechanism of regression in two situations to be released from mental pressure and anxiety. Psychoanalytic criticism is a kind of literary criticisms that has been in practice for a century. In this kind of criticism, the literary work is criticized and analyzed from a psychological perspective. One of the works that has the capacity to being criticized in the scope of psychology is the “Orazat-al- khosoum” play written by “Ali oghleOrsan”. It is considered to be about the problems in an Arab society. The character of “Omme-salim” represents a plenty of actions and reactions that originated from her subconscious. The paper aims to study which of the three personality elements (i.e. ego, superego or id) makes Omme-saleem show such behavior. The analysis of her character is based upon the subconscious theory of Freud. Omme-salim is the main character of the play who takes action according to her superego’s wants. Her superego has entered an irrational phase to achieve her objectives, and this causes a conflict between her ego and superego. This conflict ends in overcoming her superego. In fact, Omme-saleem is the symbol of superego in the play. She also resorts to the defensive mechanism of regression in two situations to be released from mental pressure and anxiety. https://mcal.yazd.ac.ir/article_1181_1c96e33b2e1e34caadfe94b8ac114925.pdf