Equus (Act II - Scene 33)

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Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Vocabulary 2 Plot summery 2.1 Characters involved 2.2 Plot 3 Interpretation 4 Go to

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page	English	English explanation	German translation
84	to be glimpsed	to see only for a second	nur kurz zum Vorschein
84	dimness	darkness	die Düsterheit
85	weird	strange	seltsam
84	barn	where cows or sth. live	der Stall
85	faint	tired	kraftlos
86	eagerly	do sth fast with effort	eifrig
88	straw	dried grass	das Stroh
89	distorted	not in right order	entstellt

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[Bearbeiten] Characters involved

• Alan
• Jill
• Dysart

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Alan makes Jill locking the door. He tries to forget about the horses, and kisses Jill. Both get undressed, but during kissing, Alan often alarms by loud hoof-noises. Alan describes in detail what happens and that he liked it. When Dysart asked Alan whether they went all the way, Alan lies. He insists on that they did. After a while Dysart made Alan tell the truth, as he knows that Alan was lying. Alan now admits that he couldn’t do it, as he was not able to see Jill properly. The only thing he could see was Equus. He describes that Equus was like between Jill and Alan. When he kissed Jill, he kissed Equus. After Jill asked what would be the matter, Alan explodes and threatens her with a hoof pick. Jill made him calm down and dropped the hoof pick, but he asked her to leave, so she did. Jill ran off.

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Alan feels harried by the horses, he wants to have the doors locked as an attempt to lock Equus out. He really wants Jill, but he can’t, because of Equus, who knows and sees everything. He tries to get rid of Equus, but he can’t. He is everywhere. Alan feels ashamed, since he couldn’t go all the way with Jill. It makes him angry. Equus makes him angry, because he made him stop. Alan is scared that Jill would tell anyone about this night. He is embarrassed and doesn't want anyone to know, so he threatens Jill. Jill tries to calm Alan down talking to him, but as she saw Alan’s possessed face she got scared and ran off. This scene is very important for the last part. Iit is the first time Alan was talking about his feeling for and about Equus.

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