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In this study, my aim is to explore how the question of the animal is embodied in literature and circus. I am working with philosophical ideas as explored in art. I am not concerned with a scientific approach to the animal-human relationship, a complex topic that has been extensively investigated, but that is beyond the scope of the present study. Therefore I will not be addressing scientific treatments of the animal estate, experimentation on animals, or various instances of the human abuse of animals. Instead, I will explore the complex animal-human relationship and its effect on our definition of human identity, as it is embodied in literature and circus.