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Abstract
of whom lived in the epic era. Among these women Tahmineh and Gordafarid could be mentionedsince both were effective in the story of Rostam and Sohrab. This study was purposed to analyzethese two characters, from the perspective of the Karen Horney and Sigmund Freud psychologi-
through extreme effort tried to overcome the need for safety and the basic anxiety by possessingRastam as strong life partner. After Rostam death she retried to satisfy such needs by replacingSohrab instead of Rostam. But with the death of Sohrab not only did not escape from her situation,but due to her failure to pass the stages of grief ultimately would faced early death. Gordafarid alsoseemed to be, according to Freud, her Electra complex caused incomplete formation of the super-ego, as a result of the use of simulation defense mechanism and women revenge against men tryingto protest and overcome against male supremacy and to prove woman superioty. More importantly,
though the price was the negation of the basic feminine features. However, at the end of a return tohis true character (using the female characteristics) was more successful in battle.
Keywords: epic, Tahmineh, Gordafarid, female psychology.
N. Davoudnia*N. Sarraj Khoram **
A.K. Joula zadeh Ismaili***
*PhD in Persian Language and Literature, Instructor of Farhangian University, Dezful, Iran (cor-responding author, email: [email protected])**Assistance Professor, Department of Psychology, Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dez-ful, Iran ( email: [email protected])***M.A. in Guidance and Counsaltance, Dezful Training and Education Administration, Dezful,Iran (email: [email protected])