Psycho-Political Analysis of the Story of Siavash

The story of Siavash is one of the most important stories of Shahnameh. This story can be analyzed from anecdotal، ethical، romantic، psychological، and political perspectives. This study adopts a descriptive-analytic methodology to investigate the role of politics and power in this story from a psychological outlook. This paper is made up of two sections. The first section addresses the characterization of Sudabeh and Siavash from a psychological perspective. The second section deals with motives of power in the plot and conflicts of the characters that are analyzed based on their personality types and psychological issues. Due to her dynamic character، Sudabeh persuadesSiavash to abandon Kai-Kavous'' court. On the other hand، Siavash has a cautious، skeptical and careful character، and، due to this kind of personality، he cannot develop a good relationship with Kai-Kavous and Sudabeh، nor can he demonstrate an appropriate behavior. Afrasiyab، suspicious of Siavash، orders his killing، and Garsivaz intends to take revenge on Siavash after feeling the inferiority complex caused by him.