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Moreover, the relationship between the Doctor and Woyzeck falls short of the common affiliation assumed goodwill and trust, and instead furthers the demise of Woyzeck’s mental health. Under the advice of his physician, Woyzeck has eaten only peas for a quarter of a year “to prove… the supposed superiority of man over beast” (Reeve 122). The Doctor, an absurd character, treats his patient as the object of an experiment, and nothing more. After enduring a sleepless night filled with inescapable voices, Woyzeck finally resolves to tell the Doctor about his symptoms of schizophrenia, hoping to elicit some medical attention or helpful advice. The Doctor, instead, concerns himself with trivial things like showing his students how Woyzeck can wiggle his ears and the unevenness of the patient’s pulse. This uncomfortable inspection additionally mortifies the fragile young soldier. Akin to the other characters’ unease concerning Woyzeck’s extensive thinking, the Doctor declares, “Woyzeck, you’re philosophizing again,” highlighting the incessant reflection constant in Woyzeck’s impetuous behavior (536). The Doctor’s poor treatment of his patient, wherein he uses him for self-fulfillment, propagates Woyzeck’s downfall. Whereas Schmidt characterizes both the Doctor and the Captain as harmless clowns, Büchner arguably suggests that these relationships are essential in the eventual ruin of Woyzeck (136). Büchner utilizes the illogical relationship between a doctor and his frustrated patient, to forward Woyzeck’s feelings of inadequacy and degradation.
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