Angels in America
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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
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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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Angels in America

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Tony Kushner

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