Alan, however, ended up in blinding horses as the result of his worship of this deity. … 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.

Why does Alan stab the horses?

He confesses that he couldn’t bring himself to have sex with Jill because “He was in the way.” Every time he touched Jill, he felt Equus instead. … Alan’s inability to get an erection and have sex with Jill is the catalyst for his eventual blinding of the horses in Dalton’s stable.

Why is Dysart jealous of Alan?

– To Hesther, Dysart admits that he is jealous of Alan despite the pain that the boy experiences, since this pain stems from an extreme passion that individuals are rarely able to attain. To Dysart, the pain is worth the passion; in his dull, passionless life, he would welcome this intensity.