equus scenes

Question 1

Act 1 Scene 1

Answer 1

Dysart addresses the audience about Alan and Nugget’s relationship- has doubts about his profession

Question 2

Act 1 scene 2

Answer 2

Hesther asks Dysart to take on Alans case- shows Dysarts experiences. He accepts it after not at first

Question 3

Act 1 scene 3

Answer 3

Alan and Dysart meet- Alan answers no questions, sings TV jingles

Question 4

Act 1 scene 4

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Nurse takes Alan to his room- He swears at her- shows me difficulties of engaging with him as a patient- left isolated (like his mind)

Question 5

Act 1 scene 5

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Dysart addresses the audience - dream- exposes deeper layers of his inner conflicts- jealous of Alan’s intense passions

Question 6

Act 1 scene 6

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Dysart tells the nurse that Alan is beginning to open up- nurse witnessed Alans nightmares ‘ek’ Dysart discusses Alan’s relationship with his parents

Question 7

Act 1 scene 7

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Dysart visits Alans family home- Dora introduces the theme of religion- parents have different views and relationships- Alan has always loved horses

Question 7

Act 1 scene 8

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Alan is having a nightmare- repeatedly crying ‘ek’ Dysart walks in and sees this- ‘ek’ relates to a horse

Question 8

Act 1 scene 9

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Dysart and Alan have a session- Dysart asks him lots of questions- Alan answers the questions if Dysart answers his- Alan sings Jingles to avoid questions on ‘EK’

Question 9

Act 1 scene 10

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Alan describes his first memory of a horse- Alan rides the horse- his parents tell him to stop- Frank and horseman argue - never rode a horse again

Question 10

Act 1 scene 11

Answer 10

Dora visits Dysart - tells him about the horse photo in Alans room- replaced a religious picture Frank ripped off the wall- visit gave Dysart an alarm

Question 11

Act 1 scene 12

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The owner of the stable visits Dysart- wants him in prison- had suspicions of Alan - never rode the horses

Question 12

Act 1 scene 13

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Dysart and Alan listen to Alans tape- Alan has a desire to control the horses (physically and sexually) - freedom he lacks at home- sexual dimension

Question 13

Act 1 scene 14

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Frank tells Dysart he saw Alan performing a ritual in his bedroom- Alan kneels infront of the photo of the horse and calls it Equus- Dysart relates ‘Ek’ to equus - Frank believes religion is the cause of Alans behaviour

Question 14

Act 1 scene 15

Answer 14

Dysart questions Alan about Jill

Question 15

Act 1 scene 17

Answer 15

Alan asks Dysart sexually explicit questions about him and his wifes relationship- Dysarts loveless and sexless relationship- Dysart snaps at Alan

Question 15

Act 1 scene 16

Answer 15

Hear humming of the equus noise- Daltons stable is a ‘temple’ for Alans religion- Dalton is reaching Alan- Alans sexual arousal to Nugget

Question 16

Act 1 scene 18

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Hesther and Dysart discuss Dysart and his wifes relationship being dull and passionless and discuss what normal is

Question 17

Act 1 scene 19

Answer 17

Dysart hypnotises Alan- Dysart asks Alan about Equus and refers to him as God- reveals info

Question 18

Act 1 scene 20

Answer 18

Alan enters the stable- Alan performs the midnight ritual- leads nugget out of the stable

Question 19

Act 1 scene 21

Answer 19

Nugget and Alan are in the nettle field - undresses- Alan rides the horse- says he wants to be in him - Faster and faster- kisses nuggets hoof and cries ‘Amen’

Question 20

Act 2 scene 22

Answer 20

Dysart is left alone ‘with Equus’ - questions how Alan came to be this way- Alan and Dora begin to argue

Question 21

Act 2 scene 23

Answer 21

Dora asks Dysart for sympathy- she says she cannot be blamed for his behaviour- the loved and cared for Alan

Question 22

Act 2 scene 24

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Dysart assures Alan that he hasn’t told his mum anything Alan disclosed- Alan says it was all a lie

Question 23

Act 2 scene 25

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Dysart tells Hesther that he wants to give Alan a placebo 'truth pill' to trick him to divulge everything- Hesther disagrees (both have different views of a humane treatment) - Dysart confesses his jealousy of Alans pain and passion

Question 24

Act 2 scene 26

Answer 24

Alan sends a letter to Dysart- understands that he should trust Dysart and let him help him

Question 25

Act 2 scene 27

Answer 25

Dysart offers Alan the 'truth drug'- Both Alan and Dysart open up- Alan is unwilling to talk about Jill

Question 26

Act 2 scene 28

Answer 26

Jill flirts with Alan- Alan is unsure on how to react - she asks him questions about horses - he gets defensive

Question 27

Act 2 scene 29

Answer 27

Alan and Jill are at the cinema - Adult film- Alan sees Frank

Question 28

Act 2 scene 30

Answer 28

Frank lies about why he was there- Jill and Alan explain themselves- Alan was shaken by the encounter

Question 29

Act 2 scene 31

Answer 29

Alan reflects on his parents relationship- seeing the world. Not just from his own perspective- Jill and Alan kiss. She takes him to Daltons stable

Question 30

Act 2 scene 32

Answer 30

Alan feels uncomfortable - having sex here would be unfaithful to his religion- betraying the horses

Question 31

Act 2 scene 33

Answer 31

As they go to have sex- the Equus noise fills the air- confesses that Equus was in the way between him and Jill- Alan threatens Jill with the hook pick and feels shame at his failure to be normal and failure to be true to Equus

Question 32

Act 2 scene 34

Answer 32

Alan is alone, naked- Equus judges and mocks Alans actions and Alan begs for forgiveness - scrapes out nuggets eyes- begs Equus to find him and kill himself

Question 33

Act 2 scene 35

Answer 33

Dysart comforts Alan- Dysart addresses Alan- talks directly to the audience- offers a dilemma- Alan is cured from pain but is without passion and worship