Angels in America
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Millennium Approaches: Act 1, Scene 1 Millennium Approaches: Act 1, Scene 2 Millennium Approaches: Act 1, Scene 3 Millennium Approaches: Act 1, Scene 4 Millennium Approaches: Act 1, Scene 5 Millennium Approaches: Act 1, Scene 6 Millennium Approaches: Act 1, Scene 7 Millennium Approaches: Act 1, Scene 8 Millennium Approaches: Act 1, Scene 9 Millennium Approaches: Act 2, Scene 1 Millennium Approaches: Act 2, Scene 2 Millennium Approaches: Act 2, Scene 3 Millennium Approaches: Act 2, Scene 4 Millennium Approaches: Act 2, Scene 5 Millennium Approaches: Act 2, Scene 6 Millennium Approaches: Act 2, Scene 7 Millennium Approaches: Act 2, Scene 8 Millennium Approaches: Act 2, Scene 9 Millennium Approaches: Act 2, Scene 10 Millennium Approaches: Act 3, Scene 1 Millennium Approaches: Act 3, Scene 2 Millennium Approaches: Act 3, Scene 3 Millennium Approaches: Act 3, Scene 4 Millennium Approaches: Act 3, Scene 5 Millennium Approaches: Act 3, Scene 6 Millennium Approaches: Act 3, Scene 7 Perestroika: Act 1, Scene 1 Perestroika: Act 1, Scene 2 Perestroika: Act 1, Scene 3 Perestroika: Act 1, Scene 4 Perestroika: Act 1, Scene 5 Perestroika: Act 1, Scene 6 Perestroika: Act 1, Scene 7 Perestroika: Act 2, Scene 1 Perestroika: Act 2, Scene 2 Perestroika: Act 3, Scene 1 Perestroika: Act 3, Scene 2 Perestroika: Act 3, Scene 3 Perestroika: Act 3, Scene 4 Perestroika: Act 3, Scene 5 Perestroika: Act 4, Scene 1 Perestroika: Act 4, Scene 2 Perestroika: Act 4, Scene 3 Perestroika: Act 4, Scene 4 Perestroika: Act 4, Scene 5 Perestroika: Act 4, Scene 6 Perestroika: Act 4, Scene 7 Perestroika: Act 4, Scene 8 Perestroika: Act 4, Scene 9 Perestroika: Act 5, Scene 1 Perestroika: Act 5, Scene 2 Perestroika: Act 5, Scene 3 Perestroika: Act 5, Scene 4 Perestroika: Act 5, Scene 5 Perestroika: Act 5, Scene 6 Perestroika: Act 5, Scene 7 Perestroika: Act 5, Scene 8 Perestroika: Act 5, Scene 9 Epilogue
Themes
All Themes Homosexuality in the AIDS Era Prophets and Prophecies Progressivism, Conservatism, and Change Fantasy, Escape, and Tragedy The Clash between People and Principles
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Prior Walter Louis Ironson Joe Pitt Harper Pitt Roy Cohn Belize / Norman Ariago The Angel of America Hannah Pitt Ethel Rosenberg Aleksii Antedilluvianovich Prelapsarianov
Symbols
All Symbols The “Book of Life” The Angel’s Spectacles Angels AZT The Bethesda Fountain Perestroika Funerals
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