Equus (Act I - Scene 17)

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

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page	English	English explanation	German translation
44	(to) bolt out	to run out of sth.	sausen,herausgehen
44	(to) make enquiries	to ask sb. about sth.	sich erkundigen
44	wicked	angry,bad	böse,boshaft
44	perceptive	realising,clear	scharfsinnig,wahrnehmend
44	(to) carve up	to cut	aufschlitzen
44	(to) dazzle	to glow,to shine	blenden,schillern,glänzen

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[Bearbeiten] Characters involved

• Martin Dysart
• Alan Strang

[Bearbeiten] Plot

After Alan got upset of always answering questions in scene 16, he demands to switch roles and wants to be the person who asks. He inquires about Dysart’s private life in a very indiscreet way using offensive language. At the beginning Dysart responds to the questions, though after a while they become obscene and dirty, so that Dysart is evasive. Alan dares to ask questions such as if he fuck her. He provokes him impudently by claiming that he never touched his wife and that he has no children because he doesn't fuck his wife. Dysart tells him to leave, however, Alan takes one of his cigarettes and puts it in his mouth. Dysart becomes furious and Alan puts the cigarette back and runs away to his bed. Being alone Dysart holds a monologue on both Alan’s behaviour and tactics and confirms that he is vulnerable when it comes to his wife, Margaret. Dysart also admits that Alan found the topic he is afraid of and tries to suppress.

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The fact that Alan wants to change rules asking Dysart questions shows that he has become insecure. He asks him very personal questions about his wife and about his sex life with his wife. He wants to know if Dysart does have other girls. These criteria are corroboration for his psychical disequilibrium.

Dysart is "pleased" about these questions because they show him that the therapy is working. And on the other side he is very astonished about that because Alan knew exactly what questions he had to ask making Dysart frantic. He hurts him in a very sore point.

His reaction shows that the conjecture which arises during reading, that he is not happy with his life, ratifies.

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