المعيار
Volume 16, Numéro 1, Pages 300-315
2025-06-01
Unraveling Reciprocal Intricacies In The Iceman Cometh And “hughie”: Intertextual Misreadings
Authors : Dekkiche Mohamed Amine . Kaced Assia .
Abstract
This paper dissects the textual relationship between Eugene O’Neill’s “Hughie” (1941) and The Iceman Cometh (1939). On the surface, the plays seem to have similar constructions like sharing the same symbolic and decrepit setting in addition to using dialogue instead of actions to expose the inner self-deception. Nevertheless, the objective of the study is to seek how the interpretation of each work broadens once we read it in relation to the other. This happens after revealing some hidden links between them and reflecting on the very nature of that relationship. In pursuit of such goal, this research uses Kristeva’s theory of intertextuality and Bloom’s approach of misreading to delve into the transposed signs in the texts that go beyond the aforementioned affinities. Actually, although O’Neill wrote “Hughie” after The Iceman Cometh, the plays enhance each other’s understanding by unraveling the complexities behind the motives of their characters.
Keywords
Hughie ; Intertextuality ; Misreading ; The Iceman Cometh
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