Equus Essay

In the play Equus, by Peter Shaffer, Alan’s parents, Frank and Dora, come from very different backgrounds and have many conflicting views, especially in the area of religion. This causes them to argue endlessly and have a very unhealthy relationship. The tension between Alan’s parents prevents them from giving Alan the right balance of support, and freedom that is necessary for him to grow and develop, which causes him to go considerably mad. Alan’s parents opposing views on religion and parenting

In both, Equus, By Peter Shaffer, and Bacchae, By Euripides, there were many differences that were displayed. In Addition, to both having different endings and different ways of teaching a lesson to the audience. One play being about a boy and his obsession with horses and trying to get cured and the other play dealing with the gods to represent varies aspects of human personalities. In Equus, By Peter Shaffer, Equus argues that normal is not always ideal, and that madness is constructed by society

Peter Shaffer’s play “Equus” attempts to find the balance between social responsibility and individual desire by taking two opposing characters on either side of the social spectrum. Allan’s upbringing leads him to place individual desire before social responsibility, while Dysart ignores his own desires to uphold his social duty. Using contrasting characters and symbolism the playwright explores the clash between these two concepts. Allan Strang is a seventeen-year-old boy with a conflicted upbringing

definitions. One definition, the most common one, says that passion is a “strong and barely controllable emotion.” However when you look right below it there is another definition that reads, passion is “the suffering and death of Jesus.” In the play Equus by Peter Shaffer, you see how intertwined the ideas of passion, worship and religion are. A schizophrenic 17 year old boy named Alan lives his life in the grey area between these two definitions and ultimately combines them to make one. Dysart, a psychologist

“The Good Smile in a Child’s Eye”: The Threat of Normalization in Peter Shaffer’s Equus The analysis of Equus by Peter Shaffer reveals one challenge facing mankind: the effect maturation has on normalcy. Shaffer states in his novel that, "The Normal is the good smile in a child’s eyes” but also as “the dead stare in a million adults” (Shaffer 62). Maturation plagues the eyes of the youth with the normalcy of adulthood. As aging occurs, desires are stigmatized by normalcy. Alan challenges the ideas

The modern human being’s life is continuously flooded by advertising. Ads surround society in everything a person does, from watching television to listening to the radio, or even walking down the street. These advertisements range from celebrity promotions to home goods products and everything in between, all for the sake of convincing people to pick their product over another competitors product.When a deeper look is taken at these advertisements, one will find that they are not merely just selling

Peter Shaffer’s Equus and Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho explore Freud’s psychological theory that suggests unexpressed emotions will remain buried alive until they are brought forth in malevolent ways. The main characters of both texts have unusual relationships with their parents that influence them to develop a twisted view of ‘normality’. The unsightly acts displayed in Equus and Psycho reflects the protagonists’ inability to resolve conflict from childhood fixations thus driving them into a state

Cadillac CTS, Mercedes-Benz E-Class, and the Lexus GS. Up until last year, we knew this vehicle as the Hyundai Genesis, but as of 2017, Genesis is now its own brand. Thus, last year’s Hyundai Genesis is now this year’s Genesis G80, while the Hyundai Equus was replaced by an all-new G90 model. Consider the G80 as a refresh of the previous Genesis sedan model, adding more standard equipment as befits a luxury marque. The 2017 Genesis G80 is offered in seven model or package choices: Standard 3.8 RWD

Peter Shaffer’s psychodrama Equus explores themes such as love, worship, and marriage throughout the text. Dysart’s dialogue with Hesther in scene 18 reveals Dysart’s feeling of entrapment simply on a marital level, whilst also highlighting his perception of Alan as changing his viewpoints on issues. Shaffer's exploration of marriage starts at the beginning of Scene 18, when Hester asks Dysart “Do you understand her?” which Dysart replies with: “No. Obviously I never did”. Dysart’s chosen use of

In the play, Equus, by Peter Shaffer, Dysart speaks to “both the large in the theatre and the smaller one on stage”about his concerns. There the concerns that he addresses are that he feels as if he is “lost” and cannot reach his goals, like a “bit forbids it, and [his] own basic force…is too little” to overcome it.(18) Dysart is a commendable psychiatrist who works in a psychiatric hospital, and he is not completely . Dysarts initial speech has several effects such a establishing Dysart as a character