Literary Devices in Equus

"Dysart: Enslaved and tortured like Jesus?

Alan: "Yes."

• Allusion

• Similie

• Cacophony

• Metaphor

"Flankus begat Spankus. And Spankus begat Spunkus"

• Stream of Consciousness

• Consonance

• Neologism

• Innuendo

"And underneath they'll be revolted, and immovably English. Just like my bench"

• Satire

• Solilquy

• Pun

• Sarcasm

"He lives one hour every three weeks—howling in a mist"

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Sarcasm

"The Hosts of Hoover. The Hosts of Philco. The Hosts of Pifco. The House of Remington and all its tribe!"

• Pun

• Parallelism

• Parody

• Consonance

"The pictures! There's a skinflick over in Winchester!"

• Sarcasm

• Euphemism

• Dysphemism

• Pun

"Equus the Godslave"

• Oxymoron

• Pun

• Similie

• Metaphor

"When Daddy disappeared, she was left without a bean"

• Assertion

• Antiphrasis

• Pun

• Colloquialism