Equus (Act I - Scene 18)

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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
45	compatible	able to get along well	verträglich
45	briskness	alacrity	Frische
45	kinky	bizarre or deviant tastes	abartig
45	compelling	exciting	fesselnd
45	admirably	deserving of admiration	bewundernswert, herrlich
45	(to) woo	to force sb. to do sth. by speaking to him	jdn.überreden
45	surgery	a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted	Arztpraxis
45	(to) knit	make textiles by knitting	stricken
45	orphan	a child without parents	Waisenkind
45	occasionally	sometimes	gelegentlich
45	(to) trail	to lag behind	hinter sich herziehen
45	faint	weak	schwach
45	scent	smell	Duft
46	bunch	a grouping of similar things	Haufen
46	ruffian	a cruel and brutal fellow	Raufbold
46	drizzly	rainy	regnerisch
46	frown	look angry or sullen	finsterer Blick
46	slouch	an incompetent person	Niete
47	disgraceful	bringing disgrace or shame	schändlich
47	splendid	awesome	großartig
61	to be compatible	to suit each other	zusammenpassen
61	briskness	of a pace	Zügigkeit
61	inacessible	if you can not talk to sb.	unzugänglich
61	to key up s.o.	to upset s.o.	jdn. aufregen
61	compelling	here: exciting	fesselnd
61	proficiency	competence	Tüchtigkeit, Können
62	pillar		Pfeiler
62	repulsive	sickening	abstoßend
62	condiment	spice	Gewürz
62	shrine	a sacred place	Heiligtum
62	slate		Schiefer
63	rotten	decayed	verfault

[Bearbeiten] Plot summary

[Bearbeiten] Characters involved

• Hesther
• Dysart

[Bearbeiten] Plot

After Alan raced in scene 17, Dysart talks to Hesther. The two talk about Dysart’s wife and his marriage. He tells Hesther about how facile his wedlock is and complains that his wife is a total stranger to him. They live in the same house but they are strangers. For example, they don’t have any shared interests. Dysart loves Greece but his wife doesn’t. Hesther listens to him although she has to work. She is there for him to talk. Also, they talk about Alan’s therapy. Dysart asks Hesther’s advice.

[Bearbeiten] Interpretation

The conversation in scene 17 with Alan seems to have made Dysart thoughtfully. Alan asked him if he had another woman but his wife and if he fucks her. That provoke that Dysart thinks about his marriage. He considers what’s wrong in his wedlock. Hesther listens to him but doesn’t give any useful advice. Otherwise, Dysart doesn’t need suggestion. He only wants to talk to somebody about his problems. All over the years, he didn’t talk to anybody about his marriage and about the fact that he is unhappy. He lives with a strange woman in the same house. They don’t have the same interests. The only thing they have together is their job: doctor. It seems that this was the only reason for the wedding. He doesn’t understand why she keeps herself busy with knitting things for orphans. On the other hand, she has no time for his love in Greece. The reader notices that Dysart is mad about don’t having children. He talks a little bit snivelling about this theme. His wife appears to have other problems than children. He is very pessimistic when he talks about his inexistent son. He would become like his wife, he said. Dysart sees the things hopeless. You get the suspicion that he is very unhappy with his life beyond his job.

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