equus critiques stuff - Manna Yohannes Mr.Duarte/5 AP...

Manna Yohannes
Mr.Duarte/5
AP English 4
11 March 2013
Christopher G. Busiel
 Shaffer takes great advantage of visual power in theatre by staging it rather than revealing
it through exposition
 The abstract scenes in the play reveal the relationship between sex and religion
 The best moments of reenactment are the scenes that end both of the acts
 Dysart always went to the background during reenactments
 The reenactments suggest the great importance of the blinding of the horses
 The reenactments help create a mirror effect as the audience makes important discoveries
at the same time that Dysart is making important discoveries
Barry B. Witham
 Equus is neither a great theatre nor bad psychology, but it has elements of both
 Equus is infused with the same philosophical outlook which was so popular and
controversial in 1956
 Dysart is not a participant but is rather more of a spectator
 Dysart craves the kind of extreme passion that Alan has and is able to express
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