stead can only cause him harm, speaking to Alan while sleeping If you knew anything, youd get up this minute and run from me fast as you could. My achievement is more likely to make a ghost states Dysart, realizing that for Alan a normal life would not be acceptable. Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created and You wont gallop any more, Alan. Horses will be quite safe, You will however be without pain showing that for Dysart to help Alan he must completely change his psyche or carve him a new existence, a normal life. The last lines in the play exhibit Dysarts indestructible will of man to achieve his humanity (Miller) I need-more desperately than my chidlren need me-a way of seeing in the dark There is in my mouth, this sharp chain. And it never comes out. This reveals that Dysart has the chance to become something more, something of moral virtue but also has the possiblilty to remain where he is in the world, full of pity and self-hatred for the existence that he chose. Throughout Equus, it is obvious that Dysart is the true tragic character. Following the true tragic formula along with Millers description of the tragic commoner, Shaffer is able to develop a modern play that reveals itself as a true tragedy. Religion, science and adolesense all play an important role throughout the story portraying a true tragic figure. ...
