Pictures of death in the Iraqi theatrical performance

Abstract

The research deals with the concept of death as one of the important phenomena that cast a shadow over the nature and entity of the individual.  Human civilizations and religions have been interested in its two parts of heavenly and positivism, and the perception of it has become clear, each according to his beliefs and behaviors.  With the development of human thought, currents and schools began to appear in various sciences by studying that phenomenon, especially after the outbreak of the World War and its consequences in human life at all levels, especially social and economic, and given the privacy that theater enjoys in terms of communication and reception, this study came to shed light on the phenomenon of death.  This study included the introduction to the research in which the two researchers presented the research problem, its importance and its goal.  Then the theoretical framework that dealt with a theoretical foundation for the research included two topics: death in ancient civilizations and religions, and the second: death in the world stage.  After the analysis, the two researchers came up with a set of results, including:The show raised the ire of some specialists by daring to break the taboo barrier and smash the idea of   the sacred.There were many images of death in the show, sometimes between bombings, and at other times between kidnapping and murder. I added some symbols with embedded images of death, including the cloak.