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Equus
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I was given this play by a dear friend of mine. Once I set sail through its pages, I got addicted to it. Now it's 6:00 AM and I have been reading it all through the night. What I like most about it is that it is psychological. The plot is well built. I also like the part where Alan and Dysart mutually investigate the matter of each other's dreams to find out that it was the shrink's dream is more related to illnesses the dream being the doctor practicing the ritual of sacrificing hundreds of children by carving up the chests down to the navel then throw the guts and study the pattern they make up ( terrifying, really). I like the name Trojan for a horse but why do psychologists always refer to Greek mythology?? Why not Assyrian or Incan?!! That's one of the critics to Freudism.
There is a chunk of the dialogue between the shrink & Hesther whereby they discussed being psychologically normal. How can you define that? psychologically normal!!? We are all psychologically abnormal in a way or another. A Human being is a pile of complexities.
The description of Alan's religion and imitating Christian creed is fascinating. Equus as a God with lineage. Was this "distortion" the fault of Alan's godless father, or his overly religious mother?
There is a chunk of the dialogue between the shrink & Hesther whereby they discussed being psychologically normal. How can you define that? psychologically normal!!? We are all psychologically abnormal in a way or another. A Human being is a pile of complexities.
The description of Alan's religion and imitating Christian creed is fascinating. Equus as a God with lineage. Was this "distortion" the fault of Alan's godless father, or his overly religious mother?
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I will finish it once I get back to Meknes.
