Equus (Act II - Scene 27)

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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
84	flag	=cigarette	Zigarette
86	needle	a metal stick in eg watches	Maschinennadel, Nadel, Zeiger
86	instant	immediately	sofort
88	wicked	bad	abgefahren, böse, boshaft, verrucht
88	dunno	short form of "don´t know"	weiß nicht

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[Bearbeiten] Characters involved

• Alan
• Dysart

[Bearbeiten] Plot

Alan and Dysart have a meeting again. Dysart still wants to find out what happened between Alan and Jill. Dysart gives Alan a pill, which will make him tell the truth but in real it is only an aspirin and Alan believes it is a drug. Firstly Alan doesn't want to take the pill, but when he hears that he won't have nightmares for many nights probably, he takes one. Dysart tells Alan that he won't notice when the pill has an effect. Till this will happen Dysart and Alan talk. When the pill shows its effect, Dysart asks Alan things about Jill. Alan starts telling.

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First Alan does not want to get "drugs" but actually he would like to talk about his experiences. He is sceptic about the pills. Finally he swallows them nevertheless to make himself talking easier. He retards taking the pills - not because of being afraid of the effect but of saying the truth. When he thinks that the placebo is effective talking is not difficult for him. Alan was asking Dysart about these pills a few times before, fist as a allegation. But after a while it seems that Alan is just asking about the pills because he wants to take them as Dysart says in his dialogue with Hesther in scene 25 ,he is ready to abreact´. By giving Alan a cigarette and talking to him in a very close way he is wining Alan’s trust, Alan feels intimate in Dysart’s presence. During the fist lines it comes out that Alan doesn’t want to leave the hospital, he never wants to go home, however, he has got the feeling that he CAN´T go home. This is also the first scene in which Alan shows some sensibility and aesthesia for someone else (page 72 Dysart:” because you are unhappy” Alan: “so are you”). This scene and the scene before are the most important scenes regarding to the relation between Alan and Dysart.

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