Angels in America

Angels in America

by

Tony Kushner

Teachers and parents! Our Teacher Edition on Angels in America makes teaching easy.

Aleksii Antedilluvianovich Prelapsarianov Character Analysis

An elderly Bolshevik who appears at the beginning of Part Two to ask what will succeed the Soviet Union. His name is a play on words, as “antediluvian” means “before the flood” (usually the Biblical Flood of Noah) and “prelapsarian” means “before the fall” (before the Biblical Fall of Man). Both these ideas relate to some event that drastically changes the course of human history, and from which society must rebuild itself.

Aleksii Antedilluvianovich Prelapsarianov Quotes in Angels in America

The Angels in America quotes below are all either spoken by Aleksii Antedilluvianovich Prelapsarianov or refer to Aleksii Antedilluvianovich Prelapsarianov. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Homosexuality in the AIDS Era Theme Icon
).
Perestroika: Act 1, Scene 1 Quotes

The Great Question before us is: Can we Change? In Time? And we all desire that Change will come.

Related Characters: Aleksii Antedilluvianovich Prelapsarianov (speaker)
Related Symbols: Perestroika, Funerals
Page Number: 137
Explanation and Analysis:
Get the entire Angels in America LitChart as a printable PDF.
Angels in America PDF

Aleksii Antedilluvianovich Prelapsarianov Quotes in Angels in America

The Angels in America quotes below are all either spoken by Aleksii Antedilluvianovich Prelapsarianov or refer to Aleksii Antedilluvianovich Prelapsarianov. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Homosexuality in the AIDS Era Theme Icon
).
Perestroika: Act 1, Scene 1 Quotes

The Great Question before us is: Can we Change? In Time? And we all desire that Change will come.

Related Characters: Aleksii Antedilluvianovich Prelapsarianov (speaker)
Related Symbols: Perestroika, Funerals
Page Number: 137
Explanation and Analysis: