Tony Kushner's Angels In America

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Name Tutor Course Date Angels in America Whenever people begin to make a list of the most celebrated playwrights in the history of the United States of America, “Tony Kushner” is a name that emerges countlessly. Since the premiere of his monumental best seller ‘Angels in America’, the writer has remained one among the many highly distinguished playwrights in the world. Angels in America delves into the nation’s state i.e. matters concerning the racial, sexual, religious, social and political issues facing the country in the Reagan period. It concentrates on the tales of a pair of couples. Louis Ironson and Prior Walter constitute the gay couple whereas Joe and Harper Pitt make up the other. After burying the grandmother to Louis, Prior informs his aficionado that he has AIDS causing Louis to panic. He makes an attempt to care for his partner but eventually realizes that he does not have the ability to tolerate the fear and strain.…show more content…
Pitt’s character also reveals that a society that attempts to repress homosexuality is harmful to both itself and the community of homosexuals. Had Joe been at ease with his sexuality, he would not have married Harper and she would in turn be spared the many years of torture. Perhaps they would have become good allies or even great ones at that. But pressure from society forced them into a torturous life of abjuration (Galens et al., 197). Harper Amaty Pitt starts off as Joe’s valium-addicted, sociopathic wife. A deranged sociopath that is sex-deprived and out of touch with the external world and reality in general, she recoils into her mental delusions and drug abuse. With the assistance of some of her companions and mother-in-law, she manages to liberate herself from her plummeting matrimony. Her desperation to be noticed and have emboldening contact with other human beings and conversation leads her to seek an affiliation just slightly better than what her marriage offers her. This is why she turns to
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