Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Further Analysis

10:26:00 AM    6 comments

By: Svetlana Bogdanovic & Winnie Mac

Hey guys! This is a page for Themes, Symbols, and Critical Reception. We will be discussing the differences of each, and how is it relevant to the play.

6 comments:

  1. UnknownJune 12, 2013 at 11:35 AM

    In the play Equus the horse painting in Alan's room, is a symbol for obession. Alan is obsessed with horses because Dora, his mother was a fan of horses, and now since religion has gotten in his head, so is the horses. He has these daily rituals and chants to the horse picture. he believes that the horse is Equus, the "god". He even tries to act like a horse, he wants to become like one.

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  2. UnknownJune 12, 2013 at 11:38 AM

    One of the themes in the play Equus is Passion. i believe that the theme Passion is related to Dysart and Alan because, Dysart has a passion to have sexual intercourse with his wife, and to have a life with his wife but he cant. whereas Alan has a passion for horses. What do guys think about Dysart and his passion?

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  3. UnknownJune 12, 2013 at 4:25 PM

    To add on Svetlana's comment, another important key symbol is the chains that were placed in the mouths of the horses. The chains were mentioned by Dysart early on in the passage. They represent trapped emotions and restriction from freedom.

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  4. UnknownJune 13, 2013 at 12:29 AM

    A symbol I want to mention is the chains on the horse. I feel like the chains represents pain and agony in reflection to humanity he views the chains as a limit towards people how people are limited by everything else that goes around them. The chains also represents the suffering of all the characters in the story such as Dysart and Alan

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  5. UnknownJune 13, 2013 at 10:07 AM

    I think the stables is a very good symbol too since it represents both his heaven and hell. What I mean is, it's where the horses are found, which is Alan's trademark and place of relaxation. At the same time though, it's where his sins are committed.

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  6. UnknownJune 13, 2013 at 9:12 PM

    I would also like to add in how Equus fits in to Frye's theory.

    Within Northrop Frye’s theories, the play Equus suggests that it follows the outline of a “Quest”. Throughout the book, the main characters are searching for their identity. We see that Alan departs from normalcy as he gets deeper into his passion for worshiping Equus. But not only does Equus follows the outline of a quest, it also has a tragic overtone.

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