Realizing Dreams through Embedded Narratives in Doaa Mohammed Hamza's Moftah Shohra (Key of Fame) (2018)

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Department of English Language Faculty of Al-Alsun, Ain Shams University

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Can dreams ever be fully realized? Is the "actual world" of the characters fixed and unchanging? In Key of Fame (Moftah Shohra) (2018), Egyptian playwright Doaa Mohammed Hamza presents two background actors, Moftah and Shohra, who find themselves trapped in a room—imprisoned not just physically but within their unfulfilled ambitions. Their only means of escape is through the creation of fantasy worlds. As they construct these alternate possibilities, the audience is drawn into a stacked narrative structure, blurring the lines between fiction and reality. At times, reality itself seems to dissolve, leaving the audience immersed in the ever-expanding web of worlds. This study analyzes the contemporary Egyptian play, Key of Fame (2018) through the lens of Brian McHale's theory of embedded narrative and Marie-Laure Ryan's Possible Worlds theory, demonstrating how dreams can be fulfilled, where reality and fiction continuously overlap, shaping new possibilities for the characters.

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