Abstract
Equus is one of the most successful plays written by Peter Shaffer, a contemporary British dramatist. Equus is the name of a deity in the myth that Alan, a teenager protagonist, made. Alan, however, ended up in blinding horses as the result of his worship of this deity. Why did Alan blind horses? I found some possible reasons for his blinding horses: his ambivalence to the god, Equus; or the embodiment of his super-ego; or the denial of adult society. I suggest, more importantly, the fear of Eros. Some critics agree only that the horses’ sight interrupted Alan’s sex, but I propose Eros has a more important role for Alan than the physical look. Shaffer’s horses on the stage symbolize Alan’s problem effectively.
