The play “Bacchae” was written by Euripides and first published in 1896‚ it was later translated by Henry Hart Milman in 1997. The play “Equus” was written by Peter Shaffer in 1973. The Bacchae is about a god who is struggling to be recognized as a god. However‚ Equus is about a boy who is struggling to find god. Both plays show how religion can change people by modifying their beliefs. Euripides and Shaffer both draw their ideas from ancient traditions through the element of religion by rituals
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Equus is a play in which present and past collide and intertwine in spectacular and thematically significant ways. Psychoanalysis (a process of evaluating mental health that was developed by Sigmund Freud) drives the plot forward‚ as the psychiatrist Martin Dysart succeeds in drawing out of Alan Strang a series of repressed memories. His intention is to achieve abreaction‚ which is the discharge of the emotional energy attached to a repressed idea. Theatrically‚ the past events in the plot of Equus are
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The horse (Equus caballus) is an animal belonging to the Equidae family with the genus Equus. These animals are usually kept for use as a means of transportation and goods transport. This is because the horse has a very strong bone structure. In some areas‚ these animals are also often used as food sources. Horses are thought to originate from Central Asia and North Asia. Animals have been raised since 4500 BC. Horses have a body weight that ranges from 590-907 kg. Some types of horses include arabic
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Peter Shaffer’s play Equus is about Alan Strang and his perception on horses. Alan is currently being treated by a Martin Dysart‚ his psychiatrist‚ for blinding six horses. His psychiatrist tries to get Alan to explain what was going on and he eventually begins to open up. When Alan was a child‚ his mother was a Christian who read the bible to him every day. One day‚ his father destroyed a picture of the crucifixion of Jesus and Alan decided to replace it with a picture of a horse. During Alan’s
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Equus Dysart Analysis In his telling of a dream he had‚ Dysart describes an unusual ritual in which he is responsible for killing young boys and girls and removing their organs so that his assistant priests can analyze them. With amazing surgical skill‚ Dysart manages to cut up child after child‚ feeling sicker with each one. However‚ he tries not to make his nausea flagrant to the other priests‚ for he fears that he will be next to be sacrificed if he is exposed. While trying to maintain a professional
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The author of Equus‚ Peter Shaffer‚ explores the idea of differing views of Religion by showing contrasting characters and conflicting points of view. Specifically focusing on how showing the contrasting ideas of sanity and insanity in regards to Alan and Dysart. These techniques of contrasting characters and contrasting points of view are used to explore the main idea of what is normal. The issue with points of view in Equus is that the characters all believe they are right and that their view
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God" (Shaffer 62). Normality exists in a medical textbook; weight of this number‚ intelligence quotient of this quantity‚ social functioning of this quality. Alan Strang and Victor of Aveyron fail to meet standards of normality. In Peter Shaffer’s Equus‚ Dr. Martin Dysart attempts to normalize his patient Alan. In François Truffaut’s L’Enfant Sauvage (1970)‚ Dr. Jean Itard sought to domesticate the wild boy. Both Dysart and Itard feel as if their endeavors may be futile. The doctors feel jealousy
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Madison Deller AP Literature 2nd period Equus Discussion Questions 1. Scene I: In Dysart’s opening monologue‚ he make a comparison between himself and a horse’s head. What is the purpose of this metaphor? How does this comparison give us insight into his Dysart’s character? The purpose of this metaphor is to show the reader that Dysart has become trapped by his education and knowledge of the world. This gives us insight to Dysart’s characters because the reader can see his struggle with
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In Equus by Peter Shaffer‚ Martin Dysart is the psychiatrist of Alan Strang. He is assigned to investigate Alan’s horrible crime of blinding six horses with a spike. During his investigation‚ Dysart questions his career and life and whether it’s his passion. Even though Alan Strang suffers throughout the play‚ Dysart seems to be the one to experience true tragic. As soon as Dysart heard Strang’s story‚ he questions everything that he accepted in his life. This is learned when he starts to trust
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The plot of Equus consists of two pieces‚ and the surface structure goes on to develop one mysterious event. The first act is composed of 21 chapters‚ and it is the process of Dr. Dysart diagnosing and investigating the conflict situation caused by Alan’s incident. By using hypnosis‚ disassociation reactions‚ and the use of truth drugs. Dysart finds psychical causes of Alan’s hysterical behavior‚ which manifests as a sad-hearted dysfunction. The second act is composed of 14 chapters and is based
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